tinning

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After the war in 1922, he bought the business of J. Lesher & Son and dealt in plumbing, heating, roof tinning, spouting and stoves.

From Washington Times • Nov. 17, 2018

Most of its processes, from skinning to tinning, are now controlled by buttons, and new byproducts have led Armour in promising directions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Meanwhile U. S. cattlemen will not feel the new British demand until U. S. packers can get tinning capacity.

From Time Magazine Archive

He estimated his process would be a third cheaper than tinning.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was tinning his whole attention to physical activity so that he might not notice the nagging uneasiness beginning to force its way into the conscious part of his mind.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw