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tinner

[ tin-er ]

noun

  1. a tinsmith.


tinner

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a tin miner
  2. a worker in tin; tinsmith
  3. a person or organization that puts food, etc, into tins; canner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of tinner1

First recorded in 1505–15; tin + -er 1
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The necessary fires alone—the salamanders and tinner’s pots—had caused dozens of small blazes, easily put out, but the cold increased the likelihood of far worse.

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The only tinner in the place covered the cupola where hung the bell.

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All the articles usually made by the tinner also form a branch of their manufactory.

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The principal manufactures are belting, woollens, tinners’ hardware, iron and gasolene motors.

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But the tinners were under their own laws and officers, and their court, called the Stannary Court, sat formerly at Lostwithiel.

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