tinker
6
7.3
- noun
- /ˈtɪŋkər/
:
manitas
- The old tinker repaired the broken pans for the villagers every spring.
- tinker lad
- gypsy tinker
- tinker, tailor
Examples
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He's a tinker by trade.
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Roving tinkers, gypsies, and sellers of small goods had set up a sort of impromptu fair near the bridge.
Fiction book (1991) -
And if I had, what interest could a tinker have for me?
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How is it that a tinker learned so well the use of arms?
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His garage became a tinker's haven.
Fiction book (2001) -
He followed the tinker's trade.
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Herman was really a tinker; he only started to paint when he got up into his seventies.
Fiction book (1996) -
I smelled the summer fires of the tinkers newly camped in the north field.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many kinds of craftsmen gathered here too: cobblers, blacksmiths, tailors, locksmiths, tinkers, knife grinders.
Fiction book (1995) -
As a tinker, he often traveled from town to town fixing tools and household items.
Synonyms
188
2.3
A person who repairs machines like cars and engines
50
2.7
A person who fixes and looks after things around a home or workplace
33
2.7
A person who fixes broken machines and equipment
6
6.9
A person who enjoys fixing and making small machines and gadgets for fun
6
3.6
A skilled worker who repairs things in houses and apartments
5
7.7
A person who repairs cars and other machines
3
4.1
A person who finds and fixes problems in machines, systems, or organizations
2
7.5
A person who makes small changes to improve how something works
1
3.2
A skilled worker who does building or repair work
1
7.4
A person who tries to fix things without much skill
1
8.2
A person who makes and fixes household items like pots and lanterns from thin metal
1
8.5
A person who fixes cars and other machines
1
3.2
A person who fixes clothes or shoes
1
3.0
A person who fixes broken things, often as a job
1
9.9
A person who travels to fix metal pots and pans
1
3.6
A person who does skilled physical work like an electrician or carpenter
1
6.2
A person who fixes and looks after machines and equipment
1
3.2
A skilled person who repairs and looks after machines in a workshop
A person who makes or fixes household items from thin metal
A person who makes and fixes small metal household items like pots and lamps
A person who uses a wrench to fix machines
A woman who fixes machines, equipment, or buildings
A worker in a workshop who repairs machines
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A famous baseball double play that stands for perfect teamwork
How Skilled
729
3.2
- Specialized
184
3.7
50
2.7
6
7.3
122
2.8
46
3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tinker comes from an old name for someone who worked with small pieces of metal like tin, and it may imitate the little tink 'sound' of metal being struck. So a tinker was a travelling repairer who fixed pots and pans, which explains the modern noun meaning a person who repairs things.