tinman
Americannoun
plural
tinmenEtymology
Origin of tinman
Example Sentences
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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
And yet to my fearful perceptions there may be pleasures that cannot exist for the accustomed 129and jaded senses of the tinman.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
The quickest way to learn is to observe for a few minutes a tinman at his work.
From Harper's Young People, October 5, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
"Then I'll give him twenty," responded the tinman.
From Mr. Joseph Hanson, The Haberdasher by Mitford, Mary Russell
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