3 entries under this word

Tinker

Tĭnk'er, n.

noun

n. [From tink; because their way of proclaiming their trade is to beat a kettle, or because in their work they make a tinkling noise. Johnson. Hence our northern word, among the common people, is tinkler; and so in our old lexicography, tinker or tinkler. Todd.]

A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware.
(Ichth.) The fish called skate. [Local.]

Tink'er, v. t.

verbtransitive

To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.

Tink'er, v. i.

verbintransitive

To busy one's self in mending old vessels; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.