tinker
21tinker — tinkerer, n. /ting keuhr/, n. 1. a mender of pots, kettles, pans, etc., usually an itinerant. 2. an unskillful or clumsy worker; bungler. 3. a person skilled in various minor kinds of mechanical work; jack of all trades. 4. an act or instance of… …
22tinker — v. (colloq.) (D; intr.) to tinker with * * * [ tɪŋkə] (colloq.) (D; intr.) to tinker with …
23tinker — [13] Etymologically, a tinker is probably a ‘worker in tin’. It could well be descended from an unrecorded Old English *tinecere, a plausible derivative of tin. There is an alternative possibility, however: it may have been derived from the now… …
24Tinker — 1) A worker with tin, often nomadic. The profession goes back many centuries in Europe. There are references to persons with the surname or trade of tinker in England from around 1175. In 1551 1552 the Act for Tinkers and Pedlars was passed in …
25tinker — noun 1》 an itinerant mender of pots, kettles, etc. 2》 Brit., chiefly derogatory a Gypsy or other person living in an itinerant community. 3》 Brit. informal a mischievous child. 4》 an act of tinkering with something. verb (tinker with) attempt in… …
26tinker — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who travels from place to place selling things or repairing metal pots, pans etc 2 BrE old fashioned a disobedient or annoying young child 3 not give a tinker s curse/cuss BrE spoken not give a tinker s damn AmE spoken to not …
27tinker — tin•ker [[t]ˈtɪŋ kər[/t]] n. 1) a mender of pots and pans, usu. an itinerant 2) an unskillful or clumsy worker; bungler 3) a jack of all trades 4) an act or instance of tinkering 5) brit. scot. peo traveler 7) 6) ich a young mackerel 7) to busy… …
28tinker — [13] Etymologically, a tinker is probably a ‘worker in tin’. It could well be descended from an unrecorded Old English *tinecere, a plausible derivative of tin. There is an alternative possibility, however: it may have been derived from the now… …
29tinker — Silversides Sil ver*sides , n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family {Atherinid[ae]}, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast ({Menidia notata}) is very abundant …
30tinker — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tinkere Date: 14th century 1. a. a usually itinerant mender of household utensils b. an unskillful mender ; bungler 2. chiefly Irish gypsy II. verb …
