fanner
- a word derived from fan.
Example Sentences
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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
"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
The fanner gets no more because, ambitious, he grows too much, puts it up for sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
When Mr. Breland had his turn to ask Willie questions, he looked like a bull about to rip into a poor old fanner, and Willie looked scared.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
