1. a person who works with tin, especially one who makes or repairs items made of tin
2. a tin miner
Usage: historical

Examples

• The old tinner repaired our damaged gutters.
• My grandfather was a skilled tinner who made beautiful tin lanterns.
• The tinner shaped the metal with practiced hands.
• Local tinners worked in the mines for generations.
• She apprenticed with a master tinner to learn the trade.
• The tinner’s workshop was filled with sheets of gleaming metal.