Tinner

Definitions

1. A tinsmith.
2. A surname originating as an occupation.
3. A worker in a tin mine.
4. The pied wagtail.
   Cornwall

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

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