Tinker

Tinker

A tinker was originally an itinerant tinsmith, who mended household utensils.Tinker, Tinker's, or Tinkers are proper nouns that may refer to any of several things:

Airport

*Michigan:*Wend Valley Airport also known as "Tinkerville Airport" in Eaton County

*Oklahoma:*Tinker Air Force Base, located in Oklahoma County

Bridge

*Tinkers Creek Aqueduct bridging the Ohio and Erie Canal over Tinkers Creek (Cuyahoga River) in Ohio

Fiction

*"Tinker", a novel by Wen Spencer
*"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", a novel by John Lecarré
*Tinker, orphaned street-wise assistant to Sexton Blake
*Tinker, a fictional character in the British TV series "Lovejoy"
*Tinkers, the main protagonists of Vernor Vinge's book "The Peace War"
*Tinkers or Tuatha'an, the pacifist Travelling People in "The Wheel of Time" series by Robert Jordan

People

*"Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District", a 1969 Supreme Court decision concerning school pupils' First Amendment rights
*Major General Clarence L. Tinker, U.S. Army Air Corps
*Joe Tinker, a Major League Baseball player
*Tinker, a travelling metalsmith
*Irish Traveller, a nomadic or itinerant people of Irish origin

oftware

*TINKER, a molecular dynamics software application and force field
*Microsoft Tinker, a puzzle game for Windows Vista

tream

*Idaho:*Big Tinker Creek in Idaho County:*Little Tinker Creek in Idaho County

*Kentucky:*Left Fork Tinker Fork in Floyd County:*Right Fork Tinker Fork in Floyd County:*Tinker Fork in Floyd County:*Tinker Run in Hardin County

*Maine:*Tinker Brook in Hancock County

*Maryland:*Tinkers Creek in Prince George's County

*Massachusetts:*Tinkerville Brook in Worcester County

*New Hampshire:*Tinker Brook in Coos County

*New Jersey:*Tinkers Branch in Camden County

*North Carolina:*Tinkers Creek in Davidson County

*Ohio:*Tinker Creek in Trumbull County:*Tinkers Creek (Cuyahoga River) in Cuyahoga, Summit, and Portage

*Oklahoma:*Tinker Creek in Oklahoma County

*Oregon:*Tinker Creek in Grant County

*Pennsylvania:*Tinker Creek in Susquehanna County:*Tinker Run in Clearfield County:*Tinkers Run in Westmoreland County:*Tinkertown Run in McKean County

*Rhode Island:*Tinkerville Brook in Providence County

*South Carolina:(Tinker Creek in Aiken County:*Tinker Creek in Union County:*Tinkers Creek in Chester County

*Tennessee:*Tinker Branch in Cocke County:*Tinker Branch in Polk County

*Vermont:*Tinker Brook in Windsor County

*Virginia:*Tinker Creek in Roanoke County

ee also

*Gypsy Vanner horse, also known as the Irish Tinker horse
*List of rivers of Ohio


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Synonyms:
(of old pans, kettles, etc.), (as old pans, kettles, etc.), , , , ,


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  • Tinker — bezeichnet: als Fremdbezeichnung die Mitglieder des Volks der Pavee eine Pferderasse, die von den Pavee verwendet wurde, siehe Tinker (Pferd) den Luftwaffenstützpunkt Tinker Air Force Base der US Air Force (USAF) in Oklahoma City (OK), USA in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • TINKER — is a computer software application for molecular dynamics simulation with a complete and general package for molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics, with some special features for biopolymers. The heart of the TINKER package is a modular set… …   Wikipedia

  • tinker — ► NOUN 1) a travelling mender of pots, kettles, etc. 2) Brit., chiefly derogatory a gypsy or other person living in a travelling community. 3) Brit. informal a mischievous child. 4) an act of tinkering with something. ► VERB (tinker with) ▪… …   English terms dictionary

  • tinker — [tiŋ′kər] n. [ME tinkere < ? or akin to tinken, to make a tinkling sound] 1. a usually itinerant person who mends pots, pans, etc. 2. [sometimes T ] [Chiefly Irish & Scot.] Chiefly Irish Chiefly Scot. GYPSY (n. 1) 3. a person who can make all… …   English World dictionary

  • Tinker — Tink er, v. i. To busy one s self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tinker — 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. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. Tailors and tinkers. Piers… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • TINKER — est un logiciel de simulation en dynamique moléculaire avec un paquet complet et général pour la mécanique moléculaire et des fonctions spéciales pour les biopolymères. Le cœur de TINKER est un ensemble modulaire de routines autorisant la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • tinker — (n.) mender of kettles, pots, pans, etc., mid 13c. (as a surname), of uncertain origin. Some connect the word with the sound made by light hammering on metal. The verb meaning to keep busy in a useless way is first found 1650s. Tinker s damn… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Tinker — Tink er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinkered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tinkering}.] To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tinker — index repair Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • tinker — meaning ‘to play about’, is now normally followed by with rather than (as formerly) by at: • Whatever moral doubts there may be about tinkering with nature, the biotechnology revolution will not be stopped in its tracks Oxfam News, 1990 …   Modern English usage

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