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Tinkerer

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Noun

1. fiddler, tinkerer

an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend

2. tinker, tinkerer

a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts

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Tinkerer

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noun
1. 
(esp formerly) a travelling mender of pots and pans
2. 
a clumsy worker
3. 
the act of tinkering
4. Scottish and Irish derogatory another name for Gypsy
5. British informal
a mischievous child
6. 
any of several small mackerels that occur off the North American coast of the Atlantic
verb
7. (intransitive; foll by with)
to play, fiddle, or meddle (with machinery, etc), esp while undertaking repairs
8. 
to mend (pots and pans) as a tinker

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Tinkerer

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noun
1. 
a usually itinerant person who mends pots, pans, etc.
2.  [sometimes T-] Chiefly Irish Chiefly Scottish
Gypsy (sense 1)
3. 
a person who can make all kinds of minor repairs; jack-of-all-trades
4. 
a clumsy or unskillful worker; bungler
5.  US
a young mackerel
verb intransitive
6. 
to work as a tinker
7. 
to make clumsy or tentative attempts to mend or repair something
8. 
to fuss or putter aimlessly or uselessly
verb transitive
9. 
to mend as a tinker; patch up

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Tinkerer

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n.
1. A traveling mender of metal household utensils.
2. Chiefly British A member of any of various traditionally itinerant groups of people living especially in Scotland and Ireland; a traveler.
3. One who enjoys experimenting with and repairing machine parts.
4. A clumsy repairer or worker; a meddler.
v. tin·kered, tin·ker·ing, tin·kers
v.intr.
1. To work as a tinker.
2. To make unskilled or experimental efforts at repair; fiddle: tinkered with the engine, hoping to discover the trouble; tinkering with the economy by trying various fiscal policies.
v.tr.
1. To mend as a tinker.
2. To manipulate unskillfully or experimentally.

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