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As for industrial labour, it is represented almost entirely by three or four evil-smelling tanyards, a felt hat manufactory, and some soap-boiling works, which last are relegated to a corner of the Faubourg.
From The Fortune of the Rougons by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
A suffocating, nauseous odor rose up, absolutely overpowering the smell from the neighboring tanyards.
From Caught in the Net by Gaboriau, Émile
I could see nothing but entrances to tanyards, and warehouses full of leather and morocco.
From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by Caruthers, William Alexander
A valley forms the centre of the place, down which runs a muddy, sluggish stream, the banks of which are densely crowded with tanyards and iron works.
From Caught in the Net by Gaboriau, Émile
The moucher sometimes sleeps on the heaps of disused tan in a tanyard; tanyards are generally on the banks of small rivers.
From The Amateur Poacher by Jefferies, Richard
