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tanner

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tan·ner /ˈtænə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  BOTIMsomeone whose job is to tan animal skins (=make them into leather by treating them with a special acid) 鞣皮工,制革工
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tannerHe had been a leather merchant and a tanner, and had been involved in some disreputable affair.Also patrons to cobblers, saddlers, shoemakers, and tanners.Smiths, wheelwrights, butchers, tanners, graziers and husbandmen had direct links with the rural hinterland.But since the hides were cheap, tanners soon solved the problem.We are told that tanners used this gallery.You bet him sixpence he could not eat a maggot and he promptly swallowed a live one and grabbed your tanner.
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tanner
tanner /ˈtænə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
someone whose job is to make animal skin into leather by tanning


tan·nerBrE /ˈtænə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtænər/ 🔊 nouna person whose job is to tan animal skins to make leather 鞣皮工;硝皮匠;制革工人