tanner
pronunciation
How to pronounce tanner in British English:
UK [ˈtænə(r)]
How to pronounce tanner in American English:
US [ˈtænɚ]
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- Noun:
- a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
- a craftsman who tans skins and hides
Word Origin
- tanner (n.2)
- "sixpence," slang word first recorded 1811, of unknown origin. J.C. Hotten, lexicographer of Victorian slang, thinks it may be from tanner and skin, rhyming slang for "thin," presumably in reference to the smallness of the coin. Not to be confused with tenner, slang for "ten-pound note," which dates from 1861.
- tanner (n.1)
- "one who tans leather," Old English tannere, agent noun from tannian (see tan (v.)).
Example
- 1. Tanner , what brings you here ?
- 2. Tanner isn 't the only frequent flier in congress .
- 3. So how long you been in town , mr. tanner ?
- 4. Maybe it was the lighting , but he looked much tanner than the rest of the kleinfeld residents .
- 5. Where 's tanner 's leather shop ?