tinker
gitano
definition
verb
he spent hours tinkering with the car
attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect.
noun
The tinkers live by mending pots and pans, telling fortunes and selling horses and ponies at the various fairs throughout the country.
(especially in former times) a person who travels from place to place mending metal utensils as a way of making a living.
I had a brief tinker with my blog template earlier, really to just try and figure out which lines relate to which part of the screen.
an act of attempting to repair something.
translation of 'tinker'
verb
manosear,
remendar mal,
tratar de reparar,
jugar en,
remendar chapuceramente,
estropear,
remendar
noun
remendón,
calderero hojalatero,
tonante,
gitano,
pícaro
example
Fresh from the day's rehearsals as Hester Swane, the 'tinker' 's daughter whom she will play for 14 weeks at Wyndhams Theatre, in the West End, Hunter explains the appeal of treading the boards.
And one person described Gaelic as ‘the 'tinker' 's language ’, so that there's obviously some sort of snobbery about the language going on there.
The old 'tinker' took a stick of solder from a bag at his side and laid its tip against where the edges of the tube and the circle met.
It was in this location that a 'tinker' 's body was once found, giving the place the name of the ‘Murder Hole’.
The more confident 'tinker' may find sport in discharging large capacitors with a well insulated screwdriver (always use an old or borrowed one as this can result in quite nasty pitting of the tip).
Finally, she was joined by an old bearded 'tinker' who had come down to the shore with his heavy canvas bag of tradesman's tools.
I had a brief 'tinker' with my blog template earlier, really to just try and figure out which lines relate to which part of the screen.
This week, one of his past works, Petra - the story of a soldier, a witch and a 'tinker' helping a young woman to explain to her son why he is now a ghost - is revisited as part of the Glasgow West End Festival.
So this week we salute Valentine: 'tinker' , tailor, soldier, priest and, above all, patron saint of card manufacturers.
Christopher Sly, a drunken old 'tinker' , is conned into watching The Taming of the Shrew as it is presented by a company of players.
The 'tinkers' live by mending pots and pans, telling fortunes and selling horses and ponies at the various fairs throughout the country.
I've been 'tinkering' a bit, so do please tell me if you have any difficulty posting comments here or linking to any part of this site.
She enjoys sitting on the counter as I'm 'tinkering' with something, and she'll often lend a paw to stir something.
In Scotland and Ireland gypsies were often called 'tinkers' because of their similar wandering life-style.
Wicketkeepers are notorious 'tinkerers' , especially with regard to their kit.
Probably the image was 'tinkered' with a bit to bring out the highlights, but it's impressive nonetheless.
Usually, my second drafts involve 'tinkering' with what's already there and straightening out sentences.
Occasionally, it is 'tinkered' with but there are few profound adaptations.
She then strikes a bargain with a priest who, although not in the habit of marrying 'tinkers' , says he'll do the job for a small fee and a tin can.
And just across the waters of the Flash at Aspull Common a similar number of 'tinkers' have moved in with their lorries, vans and caravans using their camp as a base for carrying out driveway laying and paving work in the area.
Some villager somewhere is out working in front of his garage, 'tinkering' with something as he usually is.
How can we sensibly plan for our retirement when the fundamentals are constantly 'tinkered' with and the goalposts keep being moved?
More than mere 'tinkerers' , record-breakers push the world of possibility beyond the borders of perceived reality.
I started on motorcycles, but after two years as a mechanic in the air force I thought I'd make more money 'tinkering' with cars.
The travelling folk, or 'tinkers' , were often treated as second-class citizens, with heartbreaking consequences.
Obviously, 'tinkerers' have been opening up gadgets for centuries and mucking with them.
In the early '50s, Bate's parents, Bev and Viv (or Viv and Bev-no one can say for sure), swapped him to unwary 'tinkers' for a three-legged dog.
Blogging to me is as much about 'tinkering' with the technology as it is about writing interesting articles on a regular basis.
I'm not convinced that people are going to spend that much time 'tinkering' with their searches.
Luckily, I was 'tinkering' with a design for a different site and I've decided to steal that for my re-design.
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