tinner
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tinsmith.
noun
The pied wagtail.
name
A surname originating as an occupation.
Example Sentences
- "The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record."
- "The country-people say that the "tinner," that is the "dishwasher" or water-wagtail, is scarcer than it was before the blizzard, which must have caused the death of tens of thousands of birds. They call it the tinner, because it builds its nest in the mouth of the old mine-shafts."
Etymology
From tin + -er.