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tinkerer
Variant of tinker
noun
- a usually itinerant person who mends pots, pans, etc.
- Chiefly Irish, Chiefly Scot. Gypsy ()
- a person who can make all kinds of minor repairs; jack-of-all-trades
- a clumsy or unskillful worker; bungler
- ☆ a young mackerel
intransitive verb
- to work as a tinker
- to make clumsy or tentative attempts to mend or repair something
- to fuss or putter aimlessly or uselessly
transitive verb
to mend as a tinker; patch up
Related Forms:
- tinkerer noun
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