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| tin·ker [ tíngkər ] |
noun (plural tin·kers) |
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1. unskillful worker: a clumsy or unskillful worker, especially at repair work
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2. somebody good at many tasks: somebody able to do many different kinds of work successfully
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3. act of fiddling with something: an act of fiddling with something in an attempt to repair it
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4. traveling pot mender: in former times, somebody who traveled from place to place mending metal household items such as pots and pans
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5. fish young mackerel: a mackerel that is not fully grown
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6. U.K. naughty child: a mischievous or badly-behaved child
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informal
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intransitive verb (past and past participle tin·kered, present participle tin·ker·ing, 3rd person present singular tin·kers) |
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1. fiddle with something: to fiddle with something in an attempt to repair it
  had been tinkering with the car all morning
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2. handle something unskillfully: to handle something clumsily or unskillfully
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3. be traveling pot mender: in former times, to work as a traveling pot mender
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| [13th century. Origin ?] |
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| tin·ker·er noun |
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