tannist
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]tannist (plural tannists)
- An employee at a tanning salon or someone who is similarly enthusiastic about tanning.
- 2011 September 1, Fran Lebowitz, Tales From A Broad: An Unreliable Memoir[4], Monsoon Books, →ISBN:
- I think they're trying to figure me out, work out where I fit. New Yorker? Tourist? Tannist? I seem busy and heading somewhere without being dulled by routine or strung out on anxiety or wowed by the fact that I am in New York City, hot damn!
- 2017 November 14, Matt Lawton, “The Venue” (13:37 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine[5], season 5, episode 6, spoken by Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg):
- All right, she's 19, from Daytona, and her job is "spray tannist."
- 2021 June 22, Michael B. Montgomery, Jennifer K. N. Heinmiller, Dictionary of Southern Appalachian English[6], illustrated edition, UNC Press Books, →ISBN:
- [1971 Krochmal et al. Medicinal Plants Appal 258 The bark has been used primarily because of its tannist content, which makes it a strong astringent.]