fanner
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a word derived from
fan.
fannounany device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
Example Sentences
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Stanley Reed, Kentucky-born, onetime Solicitor General, once a practical dirt fanner, writer of pedestrian opinions, rated as an able lawyer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"The subfreezing temperatures day after day brought home a certain physical reality that matches the economic plight of the Midwestern fanner."
From Time Magazine Archive
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The fanner gets no more because, ambitious, he grows too much, puts it up for sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In 1927, Vincent Gaman, a restless Czechoslovakian fanner, set out for America, promising to send soon for his wife, Marija, and their three daughters.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The spy asked: what town lies yonder? and the fanner told him Gettysburg, but the name meant nothing.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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