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(pl. noun) - (1) Men that dig in tin mines in Cornwall.
--John Kersey's New English Dictionary, 1772
(2) Catchers, the leavings of a tin mine.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary Supplement, Spurious Words, 1933
January 14, 2018