tootnague

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Noun

tootnague (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of tutenag
    • 1914, Berthold Laufer, Chinese Clay Figures - Volume 1, page 286:
      From the lower ends of the plate rows project two gold-plated arms, likewise chased with figures of dragons and encircling a round metal plaque (of white copper or tootnague, with brass rim).
    • 1924, Popular Series: Anthropology - Issues 18-20, page 30:
      Water-pipes are also made of pure copper, and there is a great variety of shapes and designs. Those of tootnague are frequently inlaid with ornaments of copper, brass, bone, horn, tortoise-shell, or enamel.