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

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

Wesley—himself a giant—made wise use of the strong where he found them, and if a man—tinker or tinner, fisher or jowster—could preach and grip an audience, that man might do so.

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden

"Recklar tinner?" he queried, in his best Delmonico.

From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin

At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to a tinner at Poultney, Vermont, and completed his trade at Salem, New York, in 1854, when he removed to Chicago for three years.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman

I coaxed a cross old tinner to make the frame for me.

From The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration by Little, Frances, [pseud.]