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101tinker, tailor — noun A childrens counting out game …
102tinker — Everyday English Slang in Ireland n gypsy/travelling person/insulting term for a low class female …
103tinker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. handyman, jackofalltrades, Mr. Fixit (inf.); blunderer, bungler. v. mend, repair; botch; tamper, putter, doctor; fiddle, fuss, play, or monkey with. See restoration, unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) v …
104tinker — tink·er || tɪŋkÉ™(r) n. mender of pots pans and other household utensils; one skilled in various mechanical jobs, jack of all trades; bungler v. patch, fix a household utensil …
105tinker with details — deal with details, be engaged in small details …
106tinker — reknit …
107tinker — Irish a gypsy or itinerant At one time he made a living travelling from door to door mending pans: I ve had more than one tink woman to chawer... I ll take a bet a big girl like you s been chawered by half the gyppos in Ireland. (O… …
108tinker — I. n. Mender (of old pans, kettles, etc.). II. v. a. Mend (as old pans, kettles, etc.), cobble, patch up, repair, vamp, put in repair …
109tinker — verb a mechanic was tinkering with the engine Syn: fiddle with, adjust, fix, try to mend, play about with, fool with, futz with; tamper with, interfere with, mess about with, meddle with …
110tinker — n 1. itinerant; mender, fixer, patcher, repairman, Sl. Mr. or Miss Fixit, serviceman; jack of all trades, mechanic, troubleshooter, mechanical wizard or genius, Swiss clockmaker. 2. bungler, Sl. klutz, botcher, Sl. screw up, Sl. screw up artist;… …
