vanner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of vanner
Example Sentences
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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
The vanner moves about � without quite traveling, if that indeed means changing places.
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
"It's a place to forget your troubles, your religion, your color, your hang-ups, your job�even your kids�if you want to," exulted one vanner, who calls herself Lady Van-Detta.
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 Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)
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