tanyard
Americannoun
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Origin of tanyard
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Henry Allenby, son of a fellmonger, Mr. Richard Allenby, residing near the Wong, and having a tanyard on the Lincoln Road, became an assistant chemist at St. Albans.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by James Conway Walter
He is exactly the same as he was when he filled office of Financial Secretary; doubtless the same as when he looked after his tanyard in Yorkshire.
From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 26, 1892 by Various
He spoke Russian, he knew leather, and he could ignore the smells of a tanyard; these facts entitled him to a livelihood.
From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Perceval Gibbon
One had to step carefully, and, though it did not smell of a tanyard, it did of several other things.
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Albert Bigelow Paine
A bed; and bedclothes; and a look'n'-glass; and a piece of carpet on the floor—and your own father got to sleep with the hogs in the tanyard.
From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Mark Twain
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