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tinman|ˈtɪnmən|
[f. tin n. + man n.]
1. 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.
1611Cotgr., Estamier, a Tynner, Tynne-man; Pewterer. 1667Lond. Gaz. No. 154/1 A New England Vessel of 16 Guns..was forced with some Tinmen and Colliers to put into St. Ives. 1704Prior Simile 2 Didst thou never pop Thy head into a tin-man's shop? 1840Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. III. 284/2 The common soldering irons used by tin⁓men and plumbers. 1855J. R. Leifchild Cornwall Mines 228 ‘Tinmen are not copperers’, as the Cornish miners say. 1887Contemp. Rev. Sept. 398 Thirty or forty years ago, the tinman..was recognized as one of the leading and most skilful mechanics.
2. Comb. tinman's solder, a common low-melting solder composed of tin and lead in similar proportions, suitable for joining either of those metals; tinmen's snips = tinsnips.
1937Archit. Rev. LXXXI. 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. 1976Pract. Householder Nov. 46/1 With a soft flamed blow lamp..tin the tube end with tinmans solder.
1950N.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. 1974G. Stokes Jewelry Making v. 76 A small pair of tinmen's snips for shaping sheet metal. |