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71tinker — 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… …
72tinker's cuss — /tɪŋkəz ˈkʌs/ (say tingkuhz kus) noun Colloquial something worthless or trivial: his opinion is not worth a tinker s cuss. Also, tinker s damn …
73tinker — [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… …
74tinker's curse — noun or tinker s cuss Etymology: probably so called from the reputation of tinkers as being given to idle profanity Britain : tinker s damn …
75tinker's cuss — noun see tinker s curse * * * Brit. See tinker s damn (def. 1). [1815 25] …
76tinker's damn — See: NOT WORTH A TINKER S DAMN …
77tinker's damn — See: NOT WORTH A TINKER S DAMN …
78tinker — 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 …
79tinker — 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 …
80tinker's dam — noun see tinker s damn …
