tanner

Everyday

1. A tanner is a person whose job is tanning animal skins to turn them into leather. tree →
2. (UK slang, old-fashioned) A tanner was a sixpence coin. tree →
3. (informal) A tanner can be a person or product that gives you a suntan. tree →
4. Tanner is also a surname and a first name (a name). tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons tanners were important craftsmen, but tanneries smelled terrible, so they were often built outside towns near rivers. In Bible lessons Peter stayed with Simon the tanner. In old British money a tanner was half a shilling. Phrases: Simon the tanner, a tanner's yard.

Examples

• The tanner soaked the cow hides in big pits. tree →
• Tanners' yards were smelly places near the river. tree →
• In the Bible, Peter stayed at the house of Simon the tanner. tree →
• (UK slang, old) «It only cost a tanner,» said Grandad. tree →
• Leather shoes were made from hides prepared by tanners. tree →
• My friend Tanner is the fastest runner in our class. tree →
• Self-tanner turned his legs orange! tree →
• That was all the tanner said, and back he went to his yard. tree →

Note

Plural tanners. A tannery is the workshop. The word comes from «tan», from tannin, a substance in oak bark that was used to make leather. In money problems: 1 tanner = 6 old pennies.