tinmann.
/ˈtɪnmən/ A man who works in or with tin; a tinsmith; a dealer in tin-ware. In Cornwall, a man employed in dressing tin ore. Also transferred a ship engaged in the carriage of tin ore.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > carrying ore or metal
tinman1611
plate ship1624
assogue1692
ore-carrier1853
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > workers with tin
whitesmith1260
tinner1272
tin-worker1610
tinman1611
white-iron smith1711
white iron man1765
whitster1823
tinsmith1858
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Estamier, a Tynner, Tynne-man; Pewterer.
1667 London Gaz. No. 154/1 A New England Vessel of 16 Guns..was forced with some Tinmen and Colliers to put into St. Ives.
1704 M. Prior Simile 2 Didst thou never pop Thy head into a tin-man's shop?
1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 284/2 The common soldering irons used by tin~men and plumbers.
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 228 ‘Tinmen are not copperers’, as the Cornish miners say.
1887 Contemp. Rev. Sept. 398 Thirty or forty years ago, the tinman..was recognized as one of the leading and most skilful mechanics.
Compounds
tinman's solder n. a common low-melting solder composed of tin and lead in similar proportions, suitable for joining either of those metals.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > alloy > [noun] > solder > types of
gold solder1580
soft solder1594
spelter solder1671
silver solder1682
spelter1815
silver-soldering1843
pewter solder1850
Wood1860
strap solder1885
tinman's solder1937
1937 Archit. Rev. 81 272/1 Solders vary in their proportions, fine solder or ‘tinman's’ consisting of equal parts of lead and tin and ‘wiping’ solder two of lead to one of tin.
1976 Pract. Householder Nov. 46/1 With a soft flamed blow lamp..tin the tube end with tinmans solder.
tinmen's snips n. = tinsnips n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > metalworking equipment > [noun] > cutting equipment
plate shears1599
cropping shears1873
crocodile shears1884
tinsnips1944
tinmen's snips1950
society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > shears or scissors > [noun] > types of
plate shears1599
stock-shears1688
right1846
snips1846
cropping shears1873
crocodile shears1884
kitchen scissors1907
tinsnips1944
tinmen's snips1950
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. June 563/2 Tinmen's snips are used by almost every beekeeper, as they are necessary for cutting sheet metal or wire gauze.
1974 G. Stokes Jewelry Making v. 76 A small pair of tinmen's snips for shaping sheet metal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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