"sixpence," slang word first recorded 1811, of unknown origin. J.C. Hotten, lexicographer of Victorian slang, thinks it may be from tanner and skin, rhyming slang for "thin," presumably in reference to the smallness of the coin. Not to be confused with tenner, slang for "ten-pound note," which dates from 1861.
tanner (n.1)
"one who tans leather," Old English tannere, agent noun from tannian (see tan (v.)).
雙語例句
1. A vital witness came forward to say that she saw Tanner wearing the boots.
一位非常重要的證人站出來說她看見坦納穿著那雙靴子。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Now you tell me how Bob Tanner done it, Huck. "
那么哈克你說說鮑勃-唐納怎么試的吧. ”
來自英漢文學(xué) - 湯姆歷險(xiǎn)
3. The tanner got up and interrupted him.
皮匠站起來,打斷了他的話.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 敗壞赫德萊堡
4. Tanner yanked the gun free of the Arab.
坦納把槍從阿拉伯人手中扯過來.
來自辭典例句
5. Bob Tanner was there, and Johnny Miller, and Jeff Thatcher, when I said it.