tinman
Americannoun
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Flies with the "tinman" gene have no heart.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2013
Without the tinman gene, fruit flies cannot grow a heart.
From Slate • Jul. 9, 2012
He was a quiet and inoffensive man, and worked industriously as a tinman within a short time of his death.
From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George
“No, no!” exclaimed Orphy, “the tinman will be angry.”
From My First Cruise and Other stories by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Dinah turned out extremely well, and the Warner family still talk of the night when she was discovered in the cart of the travelling tinman.
From My First Cruise and Other stories by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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