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tinman

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪn.mæn/

The English word “tinman” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A maker of tinware; a tinsmith.
  2. A dealer in tinware.
  3. An uncaring or heartless man; a man lacking, or seeming to lack, feelings, emotions, or concern for others.
  4. A master gene in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, whose absence causes the fly to develop without a heart.

Etymology

From tin + -man.

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