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(tăn'ər) pronunciation
n.
One that tans hides.


tan·ner2 (tăn'ər) pronunciation
n. Chiefly British
A sixpenny coin formerly used in Britain; a sixpence.

[Origin unknown.]


The code name for the Xeon version of the Pentium III chip. See Xeon.

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noun
noun, Brit, dated

A sixpence (6d.). (1811 —) .
J. Joyce You look like a fellow that had lost a bob and found a tanner (1922).

[Origin uncertain; suggested sources include Romany tawno young (hence, small) and Latin tener young.]


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