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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Tineo
Britannica 11thTINEO, a town of northern Spain, in the province of Oviedo; on a small tributary of the river Narcea, among the northern outliers of the Cantabrian Mountains, and on the high road from Cangas de Tineo to the Biscayan port of Cudillero. Pop. (1900), 21,865. Min ...
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Tinne
Britannica 11thTINNE, ALEXANDRINE PETRONELLA FRANCINA (18301869), Dutch traveller in Africa, born at the Hague on the i7th of October 1839, was the daughter of Philip F. Tinne', a Dutch merchant who settled in England during the Napoleonic wars, but afterwards returned to hi
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Tinker
Britannica 11thTINKER, an itinerant mender of kettles, pots, pans, &c. The name means simply one who makes a tinkling sound as he mends the vessels, and the word is found as " tinkler " in the i6th century. From early times " tinkers " were looked on as vagabonds, and were s
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