Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A workman in tin-plate; a maker of tin vessels.
- noun A dealer in tinware.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A manufacturer of tin vessels; a dealer in tinware.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A maker of
tinware . - noun A dealer in
tinware . - noun genetics A master
gene in thefruit fly Drosophila melanogaster , whose absence causes the fly to develop without a heart.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Holds hands with HP, goes by the name of the 'tinman' ORACLE has had enough of selling storage software and wants to get into the hardware business.
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"tinman" if you are referring to the tax credits given to McKee, how can you criticize that move?
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My daughter tells me that funding for research that uncovered the tinman gene came mostly from non-governments sources.
Pharma a Public Utility?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Yes | No | Report from tinman wrote 1 year 32 weeks ago big country gregory peck and burril ives
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I think I just died a little inside … tinman on Jun 24, 2008 okay, no funnies for most of it, but the feet thing at the end did make me laugh.
Rant: How Does This Shit Get Made?! Disaster Movie Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Wayne's World had it's moments but I think his characters are better left in sketch comedy and don't support a feature length film. (thank god the movie for "Dieter" never got off the ground. that would have been "It's Pat" caliber of bad.) tinman on Jun 18, 2008
Rant: This Is Why The Love Guru Looks Absolutely Terrible! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Maybe we should lobby for Uwe Boll to team up with these guys and make "Video Game Movie" which could possibly drive enough people over the edge to actually make them stop .. tinman on Jun 25, 2008
Rant: How Does This Shit Get Made?! Disaster Movie Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008
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All in all though, I found it a lot of fun and well worth seeing on the big screen. tinman on Jun 30, 2008
Sound Off: Wanted - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Yes they have simply re-outfitted "Creationism" from the Biblical style robes of Charlton Heston clothing ID in the cheap suit of a dodgy car/tinman sales rep.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Daniella is associated with dolls and puppets via mise en scene throughout the castle, and is just that: a body without a soul, a tinman without a heart.
Critique: Haunting Ground Steve gaynor 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word tinman
"A master gene in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, whose absence causes the fly to develop without a heart." --Wiktionary
May 31, 2012
deinonychus commented on the word tinman
Oh, I love genes with funny names. Is there perhaps a list somewhere?
May 31, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word tinman
If there isn't, there should be!
May 31, 2012
deinonychus commented on the word tinman
Soo... I couldn't wait any longer so now I have a list of genes.
I hope to find some good ones here, and FlyBase seems very, very comprehensive...
May 31, 2012
bilby commented on the word tinman
Interesting gene, but why didn't they call it conservativepolitician?
June 1, 2012