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TINSEL

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | | Copyright

TINSEL, British codename for a small transmitter fitted on some British bombers adjacent to one of their engines. When operating, it jammed the radio communications of German controllers with their night fighters by transmitting the noise of the engine on the same frequency. First used in the autumn of 1943, it was soon neutralized when the Germans began employing more powerful transmitters on several frequencies. See also Kammhuber Line and strategic air offensives.

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tinsel

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

tinsel †attrib. embellished with gold or silver thread; sb. fabric so embellished; thin plates, strips, etc. of shining metal used for ornament XVI; fig. showy but valueless stuff XVII. First in tinsell(e) saten, prob. repr. AN. *satin estincelé (hence, by ellipsis, used sb.); (O)F. estincelé, f. estincele (mod. étincelle spark), repr. popL. *stincilla, f. L. SCINTILLA.

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tinsel

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

tin·sel / ˈtinsəl/ • n. a form of decoration consisting of thin strips of shiny metal foil. ∎ showy or superficial attractiveness or glamour: his taste for the tinsel of the art world. DERIVATIVES: tin·sel·ly adj.

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tinsel

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

tinsel •hassle, Kassel, passel, tassel, vassal •axel, axle •cancel, hansel, Hänsel, Mansell •transaxle •castle, metatarsal, parcel, tarsal •chancel • sandcastle • Newcastle •Bessel, nestle, pestle, redressal, trestle, vessel, wrestle •Edsel • Texel •intercensal, pencil, stencil •pretzel • staysail • mainsail • Wiesel •abyssal, bristle, epistle, gristle, missal, scissel, thistle, whistle •pixel • plimsoll •tinsel, windsail •schnitzel, spritsail •Birtwistle •paradisal, sisal, trysail •apostle, colossal, dossal, fossil, glossal, jostle, throstle •consul, proconsul, tonsil •dorsal, morsel •council, counsel, groundsel •Mosul • fo'c's'le, forecastle •bustle, hustle, muscle, mussel, Russell, rustle, tussle •gunsel • corpuscle •disbursal, dispersal, Purcell, rehearsal, reversal, succursal, tercel, transversal, traversal, universal •Herzl

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