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tan
verb- to consume something voraciously; to do something briskly or with urgency UK: SCOTLAND
- We ferr [fair] tanned that hauf boatle [half bottle]. — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, p. 71, 1988
- [H]e says he’s cool, but he’s tanning the Ken, knocking back two pints for every one I’m drinking. — Paul Howard, The Teenage Dirtbag Years, p. 81, 2001
- to burgle somewhere UK: SCOTLAND
- The polis say it’s young boays thats tannin the hooses [houses] roon here. — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, p. 71, 1988
▶ tan your hide; tan your arse
to beat someone on the buttocks (as a punishment) UK, 1670- [T]ipped him over her knee and tanned his arse[.] — Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door, p. 57, 1993
- If I ever see you sass her again, you will get your hide tanned. — Nora Roberts, Finding the Dream, 1997
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