tinnery
Americannoun
plural
tinneriesEtymology
Origin of tinnery
Example Sentences
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Greg Minor, deputy director of Oakland’s Economic and Workforce Development Department, said in an email that after the diesel generators at the Cannery and Tinnery buildings were shut down, “City inspectors visited all known Oakland cultivation sites and successfully shut down roughly ten additional sites.”
From Slate
The British Consulate at Boulogne still "hangs out" over the "tinnery, leadery, and zincery," at the end of the port, as we have ascertained by a recent visit.
From Project Gutenberg
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