Sam soldered them neatly together for her in his precious spare time, the wire and tin being sold to her cheap, cut ready into lengths, by a friendly Tinman.
"Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves"
Frances Freeling Broderip
Another man I love to have at hand is he who writes of Blazing Bosville, the Flaming Tinman, and of The Hairy Ones.
"Adventures In Contentment"
David Grayson AKA: Ray Stannard Baker
One morning, a brutal-looking ruffian, whom I had met before and recognised as a character known as the Flaming Tinman, appeared on the scene, accusing me with fearful oaths of trespassing on his ground.
"The Worlds Greatest Books Vol. II: Fiction"
Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.