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"Tinker" Definition
noun
A clumsy repairer or worker; a meddler
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American Heritage Dictionary
A traveling mender of metal household utensils
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American Heritage Dictionary
Chiefly British A member of any of various traditionally itinerant groups of people living especially in Scotland and Ireland; a traveler
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American Heritage Dictionary
One who enjoys experimenting with and repairing machine parts
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American Heritage Dictionary
A usually itinerant mender of household utensils
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Merriam-Webster
verb-intransitive
To make unskilled or experimental efforts at repair; fiddle: tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble; tinkering with the economy by trying various fiscal policies
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American Heritage Dictionary
To work as a tinker
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American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To manipulate unskillfully or experimentally
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American Heritage Dictionary
To mend as a tinker
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American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To work in the manner of a tinker
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Merriam-Webster
To repair, adjust, or work with something in an unskilled or experimental manner
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Source:
Merriam-Webster
To repair, adjust, or experiment with
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Source:
Merriam-Webster
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