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 294 Tin bounds. Marked out land in which to search for and stream tin. Tinner. A workman in search for, or employed in the washing of tin in a Streamwork. Tinners. " All Cornish miners." Pryce. (1790.) Tin mine. A mine in which tin ore is dug from the tin lode. Tin- stuff. Black tin. The miners use the term tin- stuff for tin, and copper-org for copper when in a mineral state. Tin-work. A stream work. Q.v. Tippy. Smart, handsome, '^ quite the thing.'' "A tippy pair of boots." Titch pipe, or Touch pipe. A habit with miners of having a short smoke during worktime, ^Hitch pipe a croom." Toad-in-the-hole. Meat with batter around it baked in a dish. ToaS, or Toze. To shake or toss the wet tin to and fro in a kieve or vat, with water, to cleanse and dress it. Pryce. Toasts. ^^One and all." "Fish, tin, and copper. Hakes and Tates." "No scads nor rays." '^No staring pies." Toat. The whole lot. " The whole toat of them," Todge. See stodge. Toit or Toitish. Pert, saucy, or impudent.