tinner

[ tin-er ]

/ ˈtɪn ər /

noun

a tinsmith.

Nearby words

Origin of tinner

First recorded in 1505–15; tin + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for tinner

He was a tinner by trade, and carried on a large manufacturing establishment.
The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave|William Wells Brown
Have your tinner make you an old-fashioned "tin-kitchen" with sloping sides.
Housekeeping in Old Virginia|Marion Cabell Tyree
Of this Sir Walter boasts as a great change for the better inasmuch as previously the tinner had received but half that amount.
Nooks and Corners of Cornwall|C. A. Dawson Scott
Any tinner can make one in a few minutes, at a trifling cost.
Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners|B.G. Jefferis

All the articles usually made by the tinner also form a branch of their manufactory.
The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852|Ben Casseday

British Dictionary definitions for tinner

tinner

/ (ˈtɪnə) /

noun

a tin miner

a worker in tin; tinsmith

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

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