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tinner¹

Where it comes from

From tin + -er.

noun tinners

  1. A tinsmith.
  2. 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.
  3. Cornwall The 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.

Tinner²

Where it comes from

Occupational surname from tinner.

proper noun Tinners

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

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"tinner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tinner. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tinner. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tinner

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"tinner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tinner.

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@misc{tinner_2026,
  title = {tinner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tinner},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}