tinner

American  

[tin-er] / ˈtɪn ər /

noun

1. a tinsmith.

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tinner British  

/ ˈtɪnə /

noun

1. a tin miner

2. a worker in tin; tinsmith

3. a person or organization that puts food, etc, into tins; canner

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Etymology

Origin of tinner

First recorded in 1505–15; tin + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Chairman of the new bank is to be Louis Charles Kurtz, 62, jocularly called a tinner because he learned that trade in his father's wholesale hardware, plumbing and heating supplies company.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Yah, dis vos der vorst tinner vot I efer see alretty!" was Hans' comment.

From The Rover Boys in Southern Waters or The Deserted Steam Yacht by Stratemeyer, Edward

You'd petter coom down in de wasser,     Vhere dere's heaps of dings to see, Und hafe a shplendid tinner     Und drafel along mit me.

From The Breitmann Ballads by Leland, Charles Godfrey

I stopped part of the time with "Bonis," a tinner, out Fayette street; I used to board with them before the war.

From Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After by Smith, Henry Bascom

Wesley—himself a giant—made wise use of the strong where he found them, and if a man—tinker or tinner, fisher or jowster—could preach and grip an audience, that man might do so.

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden