tawyer

From taw +‎ -yer.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɪ.ə/
• (General American, Northern and Western) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɪ.ɚ/
• (General American, Southern) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.jɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ), -ɔː.jə(ɹ)

tawyer (plural tawyers)

1. Alternative form of tawer.
   • 2018 July 30, Lynn Huggins-Cooper, Leatherwork and Tanning, Pen and Sword, →ISBN:

     If the skins were bought from the butcher or fellmonger by a tawyer or whittawyer, rather than a tanner, the process used was different.

• tawery, watery