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tanner (root: tan)
CIDE DICTIONARY
tanner, n.
One whose occupation is to tan hides, or convert them into leather by the use of tan. [1913 Webster]
tanner, n. [Etym. uncertain.].
A sixpence. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tanner, n. a person who tans hides.
tanner, n. Brit. hist. sl. a sixpence.
Etymology
19th c.: orig. unkn.
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