tinker
Betekenis (Engels)
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- An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
- A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy.
- A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
- (informal) An act of repair or invention.
- (obsolete) A hand mortar.
- Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
- A bird, the razor-billed auk.
Sinonieme
chub mackerel
Scomber japonicus
tinplate worker
pewter maker
botcher
do handicrafts
Frekwensie
Gekoppel as
tin‧ker
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈtɪŋkə(ɹ)/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English tynkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) + *cere, as in bēocere (“beekeeper”).
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