tanyard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tanyard
Example Sentences
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At Leeds he found employment in the tanyard of a Mr. Robert Barker, where he presently became foreman.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter
There was a tanyard covering more than a quarter of an acre where he tanned the hides of animals to use in making shoes.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
It was something between a shambles, a museum, and a tanyard, and exhaled in consequence the mixed effluvia of decomposing flesh, alcohol, tannin, and the oil of petroleum.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
He was joking with Ma and telling her he couldn't help it if the women up our way were going plumb crazy over him—specially that Mrs. Banks, whose husband works at the tanyard.
From Anderson Crow, Detective by George Barr McCutcheon
Marster wuz a merchant and bought shoes from de tanyard.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
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