TINKER

tinker. Tinker, n. a mender of kettles or pans

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Tink″er (?), n. [[From Tink, because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson.]] 1. 1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. “Tailors and tinkers.” Piers Plowman.
2. 2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
3. 3. (Ordnance) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
4. 4. (Zoöl.) (a) A young mackerel about two years old. (b) The chub mackerel. (c) The silversides. (d) A skate.
5. 5. (Zoöl.) The razor-billed auk.