Date:    Mon, 8 Jun 1998 21:09:55 -0500
<br>From:    Gerald Cohen <gcohen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UMR.EDU>
<br>Subject: Forwarded message re "tinner"
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<br>     I am forwarding the following interesting message on "tinner," with
<br>thanks to the sender.
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<br>>X-From_: gscole[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ark.ship.edu  Mon Jun  8 20:44:57 1998
<br>>Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 21:45:06 -0400
<br>>From: GSC <gscole[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ark.ship.edu>
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<br>>To: gcohen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]umr.edu
<br>>Subject: ?"a tinner"
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<br>>Gerald,
<br>>For what its worth, I ran a search on AltaVista, using the phrase in
<br>>quotes of "a tinner" and came up with several (actually, many) sites
<br>>that supposedly have a reference to 'tinner'.  Unfortunately, the first
<br>>one, as shown below, could not be called up.  It seems to indicate that
<br>>'tinner' could also be a reference to an itinerant peddler, one who
<br>>could do some of the work of a tinsmith.  In rural areas, they would
<br>>travel from farm to farm, both selling and repairing items of tin.  They
<br>>were limited in the range of tinsmith work that could be done, to the
<br>>extent that they couldn't carry certain tools/supplies with them.  [I
<br>>have an interest in old tools, but I am not an expert on tinsmithing.]
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<br>>However, there is another possible connection; is there a relationship
<br>>between 'itinerant' and 'tinner', as there would be with a journeyman,
<br>>minor league player, one who has worked with various teams?
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<br>>[[ Tale of a Tinner
<br>>           [URL: yyy.algorithms.com/coldspring/co02013.html]
<br>>           Tale of a Tinner. When I was about eight or nine years old, a
<br>>peddler, by
<br>>           the name of Michael Beasom, began coming to our house.
<br>>Everybody
<br>>           called him...
<br>>           Last modified 2-Dec-96 - page size 8K - in English [
<br>>Translate ] ]]
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<br>>You've raised an interesting question.  Hope that my comments are not a
<br>>waste of your time.
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<br>>George S. Cole    gscole[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ark.ship.edu
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