cobble, darn, fidget with, fool around, kid around, mender, patch up, put in commission, recondition, service, toy with
Definitionn. a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
Last update: October 21, 2015
2
He is a tinker and does a good job . [Please select]
2
He likes tinkering with electrical appliances. [Please select]
0
The lower floors there now became suites of offices occupied by various firms, but Blake and Tinker retained penthouse flats. [Please select]
0
One immediate consequence of this is that Tinker, Tailor... feels somewhat antiquated, of belonging in some distant, unfamiliar time. [Please select]
0
--why, he has gone the vole-- has been soldier, ballad-singer, travelling tinker, and is now a beggar. [Please select]
0
Well, we tinkered, and the Portuguese dock-yard people tinkered. [Please select]
0
Giles, the tinker (who had received a special invitation to regale himself for the remainder of the day, in consideration of his services), and the constable. [Please select]
0
Giles had captured a robber; and the tinker busied himself in endeavouring to restore Oliver, lest he should die before he could be hanged. [Please select]
0
Giles, valiantly, pushing the tinker into the background. [Please select]
0
Giles held on fast by the tinker's arm (to prevent his running away, as he pleasantly said), and gave the word of command to open the door. [Please select]
Do you have a better example in your mind? Please submit your sentence!