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- work as a tinker or tinkerer
- try to fix or mend; "Can you tinker with the T.V. set--its not working right"; "She always fiddles with her van on the weekend" (同)fiddle
- a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts (同)tinkerer
- formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)
- an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend (同)fiddler
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- 〈C〉(回って歩く)鋳掛け屋 / 〈C〉よろず修理屋 / 〈C〉へたな職人 / 〈U〉《時にa ~》へたな修繕 / 鋳掛けをする / (…を)不細工に修繕する,へたにいじり回す;(…を)遊び半分にいじくる《+at(with)+名(doing)》
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A photograph of a tinker by Ignacy Krieger
(pl), 19th century.
A tinker or tinkerer was originally an itinerant tinsmith, who mended household utensils.
Contents
- 1 Description
- 2 Tinker's dam
- 3 See also
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Description
The word is attested from the 13th century as 'tyckner' or 'tinkler' a term used in medieval Scotland and England for a metal worker.[1] Some travelling groups and Romani people adopted this lifestyle and the name was particularly associated with indigenous Scottish Highland Travellers and Irish Travellers. However, this usage is disputed and considered offensive by some.[2] Tinkering is therefore the process of adapting, meddling or adjusting something in the course of making repairs or improvements, a process also known as bricolage.
The term "little tinker" is now widely used in England as a term of endearment for a cheeky young child.[2] Some modern day nomads with a Scottish, Irish or English influence call themselves "techno-tinkers" or "technogypsies" and are found to possess a revival of sorts of the romantic view of the tinker's lifestyle.[3] The family name "Tinker" is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and does not have a Scottish, Irish or Romany connection.
Tinker's dam
A tinker's dam is a temporary patch to repair a hole in a metal vessel such as a pot or a pan. It was used by tinkers and was usually made of mud or clay, or sometimes other materials at hand, such as wet paper. The material was built up around the outside of the hole, so as to plug it. Molten solder was then poured on the inside of the hole. The solder cooled and solidified against the dam and bonded with the metal wall. The dam was then brushed away. The remaining solder was then rasped and smoothed down by the tinker.[4][5]
In the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics of 1877, Edward Knight makes this definition: "Tinker's-dam - a wall of dough raised around a place which a plumber desires to flood with a coat of solder. The material can be but once used; being consequently thrown away as worthless".[6]
This may have influenced the English phrase tinker's cuss, which expresses contempt. The phrases tinker's damn and tinker's cuss may also be applied to something considered insignificant.[7] A common expression may be the examples: "I don't give a tinker's cuss what the Vicar thinks", sometimes shortened to, "I don't give a tinker's about the Vicar." In this context, the speaker is expressing contempt for the clergyman and his opinion. A tinker's cuss or curse was considered of little significance because tinkers were reputed to swear (curse) habitually.[8]
See also
References
- ^ https://archive.org/stream/scottishgypsiesu00macr/scottishgypsiesu00macr_djvu.txt
- ^ a b "tinker". Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved October 24, 2012 from CollinsDictionary.com.
- ^ "Techno-Gypsies, Techno-Nomads, and Techno-Tinkers" 2005 by Leaf McGowan/Thomas Baurley. Seattle, Washington. Tree Leaves Publishing.
- ^ "A Tinker's dam". usingenglish.com.
- ^ John Bonner, George William Curtis (1905). "Tinkers". Harper's weekly. Harper's weekly. p. 1424. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- ^ Martin, Gary. "Tinker's Dam". The Phrase Finder.
- ^ Wiktionary. "tinker's damn". Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ Martin, Gary. "Tinker's Dam". The Phrase Finder.
External links
- Media related to Tinkers at Wikimedia Commons
Scottish Travellers
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Irish Travellers
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- List of Irish Travellers
- Francie Barrett
- Hughie Fury
- John Doherty
- John Joe Joyce
- John Joe Nevin
- Johnny Doran
- Margaret Barry
- Michael Gomez
- Nan Joyce
- Paddy Doherty
- Pecker Dunne
- Robert Barker
- Tyson Fury
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- Halting site
- Irish Travellers
- Knacker
- Pavee Point
- Shelta
- Tinker
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- Dunsink
- St Mary Cray
- St Paul's Cray
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- Death of John Ward
- Operation Netwing
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- List of depictions
- Big Fat Gypsy Weddings
- Into the West
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English Journal
- ICSM: An order N method for calculating electrostatic interactions added to TINKER.
- Baker K, Baumketner A, Lin Y, Deng S, Jacobs D, Cai W.SourceDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, United States.
- Computer physics communications.Comput Phys Commun.2013 Jan 1;184(1):19-26. Epub 2012 Aug 14.
- We present an order N method for calculating electrostatic interactions that has been integrated into the molecular dynamics portion of the TINKER Molecular Modeling package. This method, introduced in a previous paper [J. Chem. Phys. 131 (2009) 154103] and termed the Image-Charge Solvation Model (I
- PMID 23087451
- Toward a Positive Aging Phenotype for Older Women: Observations From the Women's Health Initiative.
- Woods NF, Cochrane BB, Lacroix AZ, Seguin RA, Zaslavsky O, Liu J, Beasley JM, Brunner RL, Espeland MA, Goveas JS, Lane DS, Manson JE, Mouton CP, Robinson JG, Tinker LF.SourceRN, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. nfwoods@uw.edu.
- The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci.2012 Nov;67(11):1191-6. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gls117. Epub 2012 Apr 19.
- BACKGROUND: To develop a positive aging phenotype, we undertook analyses to describe multiple dimensions of positive aging and their relationships to one another in women 65 years of age and older and evaluate the performance of individual indicators and composite factors of this phenotype as predic
- PMID 22518819
- Prevalence, environmental loading, and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardia isolates from domestic and wild animals along the central California coast.
- Oates SC, Miller MA, Hardin D, Conrad PA, Melli A, Jessup DA, Dominik C, Roug A, Tinker MT, Miller WA.SourceDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA.
- Applied and environmental microbiology.Appl Environ Microbiol.2012 Oct 5. [Epub ahead of print]
- The risk of disease transmission from waterborne protozoa is often dependent on the origin (e.g., domestic animals versus wildlife), overall parasite load in contaminated waterways, and parasite genotype; with infections being linked to runoff or direct deposition of domestic animal and wildlife fec
- PMID 23042185
Japanese Journal
- 主人公になったティンカー・ベル : 「小さな妖精」の挑戦と限界
- 主人公になったティンカー・ベル : 「小さな妖精」の挑戦と限界
- メアリー・ノートンの「小人たち」シリーズにおける女性のリテラシー
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