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vanner

American  
[van-er] / ˈvæn ər /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of vanner

First recorded in 1970–75; van 2 + -er 1

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One is that the true vanner, at heart, is not fundamentally interested in getting anywhere, only in going.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even to the untrained eye, it must be clear that the true vanner, the compleat vanner, the certifiable vanaddict, is up to much more than has yet been figured out.

From Time Magazine Archive

By this mode the vanner does profoundly escape in several ways.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet consider the vanner's relationship to the van: the true vanner has not merely romanced the motor vehicle in the traditional American way.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only faults with the vanner are—first, it is rather slow; and secondly, though so ingenious it is just a little complicated in construction for the average non-scientific operative.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances) Johnson

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