tanner
/ˈtænər/
noun
- A person whose job is to tan animal skins to make leather.
- The tanner soaked the hides in a special solution to soften them.
- The old tanner could tell the quality of leather just by touching it.
- My great-grandfather worked as a tanner in a small factory.
- A container or solution used in the process of tanning leather.
- The smell from the tanner was strong but familiar to the workers.
- The leather was left in the tanner for several weeks.
- They added oak bark to the tanner to give the leather a rich color.
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