tinner
Americannoun
noun
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a tin miner
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a worker in tin; tinsmith
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a person or organization that puts food, etc, into tins; canner
Etymology
Origin of tinner
Example Sentences
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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
He was a tinner by trade, and carried on a large manufacturing establishment.
From The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave by Brown, William Wells
"Recklar tinner?" he queried, in his best Delmonico.
From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin
Darco had an unfailing formula with his landladies: 'Prek-fasd for three, lunge for three, tinner for three; petrooms and zidding-room for two,' He worked for three and ate for two.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
He found the young tinner up there, alone and brooding, and entered into conversation with him.
From The American Claimant by Twain, Mark
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