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Definition of Tinners
1. tinner [n] - See also: tinner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinners
Literary usage of Tinners
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Stannaries: A Study of the English Tin Miner by George Randall Lewis (1907)
"Although by their charters of 1305 the tinners were relieved of the ordinary
forms of taxation, it must not be imagined that they got off scot free. ..."
2. The Law of Mines, Quarries, and Minerals by Robert Forster MacSwinney (1907)
"And, in the event of an improper working, the owners may re-enter.6 tinners may
not carry away tin stuff from adjoining bounds. Trespass. ..."
3. Harvard Economic Studies by Harvard University Dept. of Economics (1907)
"Although by their charters of 1305 the tinners were relieved of the ordinary
forms of taxation, it must not be imagined that they got off scot free. ..."
4. Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset by Henry Thomas De La Beche (1839)
"B\ Carew's statement it would appear that, though about the year 1600 the Cornish
tinners only claimed to work without permission of the lord or owner of ..."
5. A Collection of Statutes Connected with the General Administration of the by Great Britain, William David Evans, Anthony Hammond, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1836)
"And whereas the tinners of the counties of Dei'on and Corn- 1 Kail hare by virtue
of the said charters enjoyed divers and great lib«r- ' ties, ..."
6. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Courts of record in Cornwall and Devon for the administration of justice among
the tinners. .... tinners ..."
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