tintype /ˈtɪntaɪp/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •An early, remarkably durable form of photograph (technically a photographic negative), printed on a tin plate, then varnished.She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man. — 1913 verb1 •To produce a tintype image of. formstintyped · tintyping · tintypes
