vanner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vanner
Example Sentences
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Yet consider the vanner's relationship to the van: the true vanner has not merely romanced the motor vehicle in the traditional American way.
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One is that the true vanner, at heart, is not fundamentally interested in getting anywhere, only in going.
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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.
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In a time of widespread popular feelings of powerlessness, the vanner ascends to a swivel driver's seat that is called, within the cult, a "captain's chair."
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The process leaves too much to the judgment of the vanner.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius
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