Etymology
Origin of tinning
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at tin, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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After the war in 1922, he bought the business of J. Lesher & Son and dealt in plumbing, heating, roof tinning, spouting and stoves.
From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2018
All during summer and autumn Drought dropped into the can-makers' laps orders for hundreds of millions of cans for the meat which the Government was tinning for the unemployed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of its processes, from skinning to tinning, are now controlled by buttons, and new byproducts have led Armour in promising directions.
From Time Magazine Archive
First will come hot and cold rolling mills and a tinning operation, which will cost a total of $89.8 million and have an annual capacity of 555,000 tons.
From Time Magazine Archive
The starboard wing was heavily engaged, however, and the center had shattered under the stones of those trebuchets, some captains tinning downstream, others veering to port, anything to escape that crushing rain.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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