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- noun Plural form of
tanner .
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Examples
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Also, in his back yard, were buildings containing vats sunk into the ground, and here the tanners were at work making leather.
The Yellow Peril 2010
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Also, in his back yard, were buildings containing vats sunk into the ground, and here the tanners were at work making leather.
The Yellow Peril 1910
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Torchlight soldiers: A Wisconsin view of the torchlight parades of the Republican party 'tanners' and the Democratic party 'white boys in blue' by Charles Davis Goff
Ohio Crackdown 2008
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Similarly with the earlier processes of production; the flow of leather from the "tanners" and the quantity of leather kept in stock are likewise determined by the demand of the manufacturers; and the transport of hides and bark, and the demand for these materials of tanning, will be regulated by the demands of the tanners.
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production 1899
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They should be often moved about in the lime-water by a lever some seven or eight feet long, and hauled out once a day with an iron or wooden hook such as tanners use.
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Use them and you risk the possibility of orange hairlines, an uneven, dirty looking face, breakouts, clogged pores, foul tanner odors in close proximity to your nose, and worst of all, "tanners" that do absolutely nothing even after several applications.
Beauty Addict 2008
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The trip was aimed at promoting Florida's struggling alligator industry—some 30 farms, along with hundreds of trappers, tanners and leather makers.
Alligator Farmers Snap Back At Florida's Plan to Sever Funding Arian Campo-Flores 2011
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Boehner is orange because his skin is rejecting the tanning bed and spray on tanners he uses … if they kill HCR I am not paying for his melanoma treatment darnit
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And a recent report shows that women spend way more on beauty products than health care: $540 a month on hair products, make-up, and fake tanners, compared to $360 on their physical well-being.
Do Women Choose Beauty Over Health? The Surgeon General (And Advertisers) Say So 2011
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Our advice: Forget the harmful rays and fake it with any number of sunless tanners on the market today.
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