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

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tinner

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

Bood look here, dot vos a goot tinner: und I enshoy him mooch pecause I shall nod ged anoder dill I go pack to mein old vomans.

From Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure by W. Boucher

Allen came strolling by where the pair were sitting; stopped, and said to the tinner; "How are you off for friends, these days?"

From The American Claimant by Mark Twain

The tinner grumbled, but he used more nails and drove 'em tight, Dad and me standin' by, an' looking at him.

From The Stories of the Three Burglars by Frank Richard Stockton

"Den pring up de tinner brestissimo," replied Handel, "I am de gombany."

From The Merry-Go-Round by Carl Van Vechten