Word Finder - tinker

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An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.

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A member of the Irish Traveller community. A gypsy.

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(usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

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Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.

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The act of repair or invention.

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A hand mortar.

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Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.

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A bird, the razor-billed auk.

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To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

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To work as a tinker.

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To tinker with; to tweak or attempt to fix.

His father, Thomas Bunyan,' was a tinker, or, as he described himself, a "brasier."

Well yes, until the little tinker mistook my handbag for his litter tray, but thatâs a story for another column.

The LRC is trying to do something quite big in the Labor Party, not just tinker.

Tinkering with a company structure is like ordering from a Chinese menu Option one is to tinkering with a company structure is like ordering from a Chinese menu Option one is to tinker with the existing structure.

Tinker hands over the reins of power to the real King, who now has the full support of his people.

Anything that suggests a tinker always seems to rouse the suspicions of a Scottish policeman.

Moreover, she deduced that the Union Jack 's chief sub-editor must of course be Tinker.

Government can indeed â should, in my opinion â tinker at the edges to fine tune some aspects of society.

Or at least we will soon, and therefore it seems irrelevant whether or not it becomes illegal to tinker with devices.

Tinkering with a company structure is like ordering from a Chinese menu Option one is to tinker with the existing structure.

I'll be back on later, hopefully with enough focus to tinker with design a little.

Hire him out in return for someone who likes to mow lawns or tinker with cars.

When children do not speak the group's language, games such as stacking blocks or building with tinker toys are appealing.

The popularity of Tinker Bell has never faded.

Moreover, she deduced that the Union Jack's chief sub-editor must of course be Tinker.

My mother got him as a kitten of a hawker (gypsy or tinker) who was selling tea towels and other household goods.

Tinker Bell is so sassy for such a small person.

You have to push products into the market even when your impulse is to do more research, tinker with their formulation or build more features.

Brown was turned off by the look, and began to tinker with ideas for creating something that was natural and beautiful at the same time.

No one will be able to tell that you've broken from tradition until they taste your cake if you choose to tinker with flavors.

While Thor and Tinker Bell are common dog names, you can find many that are more unusual.

The selection seems to be a little more limited when it comes to single princesses, although many other Disney characters are featured on alarms, such as Tinker Bell and Toy Story characters.

Whether the family business is a repair shop, or the inclination to tinker on vehicles runs in the family genes, some people are naturally gifted when it comes to fixing and building cars.

This is great for users who like to endlessly tinker with their routine.

The books explore the magical world of the Pixies that the well-known Tinker Bell comes from.

Unlike her sister fairies Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Faun and more, Vidia is selfish and mean.

Peter Pan's Tinker Bell originated in a Victorian tale but holds a strong presence in the Disney franchise, along with her fairy companions such as Silvermist, Rosetta and Fawn.

Tinker Bell has even been played by screen star Julia Roberts as an undeniably beautiful winged woman with an unrequited love for Peter Pan.

We will continue to refine and tinker but it's time to let people in and see if our baby is pretty and smart enough for the real world!

Barrie's 1911 novel, featuring the magical land of Neverland and wonderful characters and creatures such as Peter Pan, Captain Hook, and of course the beloved Tinker Bell.

From that moment on, every child who has ever watched "Peter Pan" has fallen in love with the little fairy known as Tinker Bell, also commonly referred to as Tinkerbell.

She is so popular among children, in fact, that Disney has planned to release the Disney/Pixar film titled "Tinker Bell," to DVD on October 28, 2008.

Below you'll find some resources to help you locate the best holiday images of Tinker Bell for your website.

The websites listed below offer some wonderful Tinker Bell backgrounds that you can use on your own web page.

On a website with a holiday theme, it might be best not to overdo the Tinker Bell images throughout.

Disney-Clipart.com is another great source for images of Tinker Bell that you can use throughout your web pages in the form of decoration, icons, or borders.

Also in the curious tinker's " Thary " spoken still on the English roads and lanes, we find merely an often inaccurately inverted Irish Gaelic. But in none of these nor in any other artificial jargons can any grammatical development be found other than that of the language on which they are based.

One immediate consequence of this is that Tinker, Tailor... feels somewhat antiquated, of belonging in some distant, unfamiliar time.

Blake and Tinker return to London, having brought another case to a satisfactory conclusion.

Even Tinker had uttered a small cry of astonishment.

Normally, you could not give a tinker's cuss about minority party debates.

The scene where Blake and Tinker take pep pills doesn't sit well with 21st century sensibilities.

At the Hall of Fame, you can line up to meet the fairies of Pixie Hollow including Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Silvermist, Iridessa, Fawn and as of August 27, 2010, Vidia, the fastest of the flying fairies.

For instance, you could limit your collection to Disney Classics which would include Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Dumbo and Pinocchio and then add to the themed collection as new classic characters are released.

Throughout the Internet, you can find lots of free and paid images of fairies, but images focused on Tinker Bell are unique, and many Tink enthusiasts focus on Tinker Bell holiday graphics exclusively.

He bore a great reputation for conviviality, and wrote a humorous Latin version of the popular ballad A soldier and a sailor, A tinker and a tailor, &c.

If a child is reluctant to engage in activities that require hand-eye coordination (does not like Legos, tinker toys) or has very irregular handwriting with excessive erasures, they should consider having the child evaluated.

If you are a professional auto mechanic or just an amateur that likes to tinker with vehicles, understanding past problems will help you troubleshoot the symptoms that you're experiencing today.