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tinkerman

tinkerman noun: a male tinker.

Noun

tinkerman (plural tinkermen)

  1. A male tinker.
    • Damnation take you, you bastard's bitch, / Got by a tinkerman under a ditch!
  2. (UK, obsolete) A person who illegally fished with a net in the Thames.

Forms of tinkerman

pluraltinkermen

Questions about tinkerman

What does tinkerman mean?
Tinkerman means a male tinker.
What part of speech is tinkerman?
Tinkerman is a noun.
What is the plural of tinkerman?
The plural of tinkerman is tinkermen.

Words near tinkerman in the dictionary

  1. tinkerers
  2. tinkering
  3. tinkerings
  4. tinkerlike
  5. tinkerly
  6. tinkerman
  7. tinkermen
  8. tinkers
  9. Tinkersley
  10. tinkersome
  11. tinkerwise

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