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Meanings of tinman in English

Portuguese
latoeiro
Spanish
hojalatero
Catalan
llauner
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Person who makes and repairs things made of tin or other light metals.

        Related terms
        latoeiro
        Usage of tinman in English
        1
        Israel went out, and his sisters followed him, to see the tinman off.
        My First Cruise, and Other stories
        2
        You leave the street car, clanking with your bundles like an itinerant tinman.
        There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
        3
        You can easily find a tinman who has seen and can make one.
        How to Camp Out
        4
        One is the ordinary tinman's solder composed of lead and tin.
        On Laboratory Arts
        5
        The tinman was either unable or not very anxious to understand Hester's requisitions.
        Deerbrook
        6
        Israel now advanced-"Well ,girls, "saidhe, "what's thee doing at the tinman's cart?
        My First Cruise, and Other stories
        7
        His benefactresses' patience becoming exhausted, he left their house, and was apprenticed to a tinman at Chartres.
        Derues / Celebrated Crimes
        8
        A tinman can fit it properly.
        American Woman's Home: Or, Principles of Domestic Science; / Bei...
        9
        Could a tinman have written it?
        Journeys to Bagdad
        10
        Yes, the tinman's, for a saucepan or two of a size not yet supplied, for which Morris had petitioned.
        Deerbrook
        11
        I don't think we should have accomplished much, but for a 'cute idea of Mrs. Wilbur, the tinman's wife.
        Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home
        12
        In this soldering process ordinary tinman's solder may be employed; it must be applied very free from dust or oxide.
        On Laboratory Arts
        13
        And when the reluctant tinman went on his way again, she returned to spread the fabulous result before her mother.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 / A Magaz...
        14
        That's how Jack Slack thrashed Boughton, and I myself saw Hooper, the tinman, beat to pieces by the fighting oilman.
        Rodney Stone
        15
        The tinman sent some little tin dippers no bigger than a thimble, and the children were delighted to see the animals drink.
        The Last of the Peterkins / With Others of Their Kin
        16
        I got a tinman to make some dishes, two inches deep, 10×12 inches square, and perpendicular sides.
        Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained
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        Translations for tinman
        Portuguese
        latoeiro
        Catalan
        llauner
        Tinman through the time