tanyard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tanyard
Example Sentences
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Inside the fence was a tanyard and house at some distance and a very nice log house where Mr. Hudson lived.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration
They went to my master's tanyard in broad open day and took leather.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
Those matter-of-fact tones sounded as if it were the most natural thing in the world to go out to the tanyard at 10 o'clock at night instead of going upstairs to bed.
From A Book of Quaker Saints by Hodgkin, L. V. (Lucy Violet)
Us shoes was made at a tanyard and dey was brogans as hard as rocks.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
In the 'Knights' the air fairly reeks with the smell of leather and the tanyard.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
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