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Tinker for metal-worker is attested from the thirteenth century as tyckner or tinkler. [1] Some travelling groups and Romani people specialised in the trade, and the name was particularly associated with indigenous Irish Travellers and Scottish Highland Travellers – the name of whose language Beurla Reagaird means "metalworkers". [2]
Grant Almerin Tinker (January 11, 1926 – November 28, 2016) was an American television executive who served as chairman and CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986. Additionally, he was a co-founder of MTM Enterprises and a television producer.
The Tinkertoy Construction Set—commonly known as Tinkertoy, Tinker Toy, or plural forms thereof—is a construction set for children. It was designed in 1914 and was originally manufactured in Evanston, Illinois , U.S.
Tinker then batted .263 as the Cubs defeated the Tigers in the 1908 World Series in five games. [11] Tinker also hit a home run off of Bill Donovan, the first home run hit in a World Series following the 1905 rules agreement. [12] In 1909, Tinker, who earned $1,500, demanded a $2,500 salary. He accepted a $200 raise. [13]
The surname Tinker, originally an occupational surname for a "mender of pots and pans", may refer to: People : Annie Rensselaer Tinker (1884–1924), volunteer nurse in WWI, suffragist, and philanthropist
Clarence Tinker was born on November 21, 1887, near Pawhuska, Oklahoma, in the Osage Nation, the eldest son of George Edward Tinker and Sarah A. (Schwagerte) Tinker.He was raised as an Osage and learned the language and culture from his parents and extended family.
Tinker Dill, a fictional character in the British TV series Lovejoy; Tinkers, the main protagonists of Vernor Vinge's book The Peace War; Tuatha'an (or Tinkers) of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time; Tinker Knight, a boss in Shovel Knight; Alexander Graham Bell ("Tinker"), the title character of Wen Spencer's 2003 novel Tinker
The plural of tinker, an archaic term for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils; Tinkers, a 2009 novel by American author Paul Harding; Tinkers Alley, an old urban downtown in Niš, Serbia; Tinkers Copse, a nature reserve on the northwestern outskirts of Bracknell in Berkshire, England, U.K.