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tinning

[tin-ing]

noun

  1. the act or technique of coating with tin.

  2. the act or technique of coating with soft solder.

  3. Chiefly British.,  the process, technique, or business of preserving or packing foodstuffs in tins; canning.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of tinning1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; tin, -ing 1
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Example Sentences

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As for Everton, the headline news is the tinning of Jordan Pickford.

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He was tinning his whole attention to physical activity so that he might not notice the nagging uneasiness beginning to force its way into the conscious part of his mind.

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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.

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Shay put her hands in her pockets and spread her arms, tinning her dorm’s team jacket into a sail.

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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.

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