tinner

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noun

A tinsmith.

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Meanings

tinner1

nountinner (plural tinners)

plural tinners

  1. A worker in a tin mine.

    The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record.

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
  2. CornwallThe pied wagtail.

    The country-people say that the "tinner," that is the "dishwasher" or water-wagtail, is scarcer than it was before the blizzard, which must have caused the death of tens of thousands of birds. They call it the tinner, because it builds its nest in the mouth of the old mine-shafts.

    2022, John Coulson Tregarthen, Wild Life at the Land's End

Tinner2

proper nounTinner (plural Tinners)

plural Tinners

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who makes or repairs tinware

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Origin

Tinner · proper noun

Occupational surname from tinner.

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APA

tinner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tinner

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“tinner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tinner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tinner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tinner.

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