tinker

  • 91tinker with — attempt in a casual manner to repair or improve. → tinker …

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  • 92tinker's damn — tin′ker s damn′ (or dam′) n. cvb the least bit; hoot; damn: not worth a tinker s damn[/ex] • Etymology: 1830–40; from tinkers alleged habit of cursing frequently (hence weakening the force of a curse) …

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  • 93tinker's weed — noun see tinker s root …

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  • 94Tinker — noun A northern English occupational surname for someone who mends pots and pans …

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  • 95tinker — Everyday English Slang in Ireland n gypsy/travelling person/insulting term for a low class female …

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  • 96tinker — 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 …

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  • 97tinker — 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 …

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  • 98tinker — reknit …

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  • 99tinker —    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… …

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  • 100tinker — 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 …

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