a nickel silver containing about 45 percent copper, with varying proportions of nickel and zinc and often smaller amounts of other metals
Word origin
[1615–25; ‹ Marathi tuttināg, allegedly derived from Skt tuttha- sulfate of copper + nāga tin, lead]This word is first recorded in the period 1615–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: deposit, evolution, foliation, scintillation, swamp