tanner

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  1. noun One that tans hides.
  2. noun Chiefly British A sixpenny coin formerly used in Britain; a sixpence.

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  • Hosmer was a native of Concord, gave his earlier years to his trade as a tanner, and then spent the remainder of his life as a Concord farmer. —  Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis
  • No more was heard of the tanner, who had perhaps been only a threat. —  The Life of Froude
  • Foaming self-tanner is a better moisturizer than the lotion, but doesn't cover as evenly and takes longer for the color to appear. —  ELEANOR'S TROUSERS
  • Over the years I have tried so many different brands of self-tanner, and I'm always keeping an eye out for a less stinky formulation or a lotion that won't streak. —  Weddingbee
  • The women, directed by the ever-active Mrs Rumbelow, were scraping the roots which had been collected for that purpose, while the tanner was trying various ways of preparing the seals'-skins. —  The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews.
 

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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. from Middle English tannere (cf. Middle Dutch taner); from tan + -er. Cf. Old French *tanier (Middle Latin tanarius), also tanneur, French tanneur (Middle Latin tannator), a tanner, from tanner, tan: see tan.
  2. Said to be of Gipsy origin: from “Gipsy tano, little, the sixpence being the little coin as compared with a shilling.” This is doubtful.
 

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