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Tinman. World English Historical Dictionary

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Tinman. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1916, rev. 2022. Tinman [f. TIN sb. + MAN sb.] 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 transf. a ship engaged in the carriage of tin ore.

1 1611.  Cotgr., Estamier, a Tynner, Tynne-man; Pewterer.

2 1667.  Lond. Gaz., No. 154/1. A New England Vessel of 16 Guns … was forced with some Tinmen and Colliers to put into St. Ives.

3 1704.  Prior, Simile, 2. Didst thou never pop Thy head into a tin-man’s shop?

4 1840.  Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl., III. 284/2. The common soldering irons used by tinmen and plumbers.

5 1855.  J. R. Leifchild, Cornwall Mines, 228. ‘Tinmen are not copperers,’ as the Cornish miners say.

6 1887.  Contemp. Rev., Sept., 398. Thirty or forty years ago, the tinman … was recognized as one of the leading and most skilful mechanics.

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