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

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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

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

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

But presently they fell to dropping remarks that were evidently aimed at Tracy, and some of them at the tinner.

From The American Claimant by Mark Twain

At last it began to leak, and a tinner sent a man around to find the hole.

From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark

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

From The Merry-Go-Round by Carl Van Vechten

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