- tanner
- I. noun Date: before 12th century 1. one that tans hides 2. one who acquires or seeks to acquire a suntan II. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1811 British sixpence
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Tanner — Tanner, WA U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington Population (2000): 2966 Housing Units (2000): 1087 Land area (2000): 6.065717 sq. miles (15.710134 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.065717… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
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tanner — (n.) sixpence, slang word first recorded 1811, of unknown origin. J.C. Hotten, lexicographer of Victorian slang, thinks it may be from tanner and skin, rhyming slang for thin, presumably in reference to the smallness of the coin. Not to be… … Etymology dictionary
tanner — Tanner. v. a. Preparer les cuirs avec du tan. Tanner des cuirs de vaches … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Tanner — Tan ner, n. One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tanner — Tan ner, n. [Etym. uncertain.] A sixpence. [Slang, Eng.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
