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▸ noun:  An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal.
▸ noun:  (dated, chiefly British and Ireland, offensive) A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy.
▸ noun:  (usually with "little") A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
▸ noun:  Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer.
▸ noun:  (informal) An act of repair or invention.
▸ noun:  (military, obsolete) A hand mortar.
▸ noun:  Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old.
▸ noun:  A bird, the razor-billed auk.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To work as a tinker.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
▸ noun:  A northern English surname originating as an occupation for someone who mends pots and pans.

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