Topic: OCCUPATIONS
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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Origin: | Perhaps from tink ( TINKLE2); from the sounds made by someone mending a metal pot |
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tinker2 [countable]
1BO in the past, a tinker was someone who travelled from place to place selling things or repairing metal pots, pans etc
2 British English old-fashionedSSC a disobedient or annoying young child
