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vanner

[ van-er ]

/ ˈvæn ər /

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noun

the owner or driver of a van, especially one of customized design.

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Origin of vanner

First recorded in 1970–75; van² + -er¹

Words nearby vanner

van Leyden, van line, vanload, Van Loon, vanman, vanner, Vannes, vanning, Van Paassen, van pool, vanquish

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How to use vanner in a sentence

The vanner reported his black tin as containing 70 per cent.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
The blanket table, too, gives place at the modern mine to the "vanner," of which there are several varieties.
Marvels of Scientific Invention|Thomas W. Corbin
For there was no sounder opinion in Lowshire on a brood mare or a two-year-old "vanner" than Roger.
Notwithstanding|Mary Cholmondeley
Chinamen were working these forerunners of the Frue vanner forty years ago in Australia, and getting fair returns.
Getting Gold|J. C. F. Johnson

The Frue vanner will, as a rule, act well when the pulp is sufficiently and consistently fine.
Getting Gold|J. C. F. Johnson