Can you tinker with the T.V. set--it's not working right. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I am criticised for the expression tinker up in the preface. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3] Reference
Though he is usually called a tinker, Bunyan had a settled home and place of business. From Wordnik.com. [Introductory Note] Reference
But this good feeling surrounding the word tinker is a complete turnaround for the word. From Wordnik.com. [podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history] Reference
I think it's pretty common and as such the word tinker has a vaguely positive tone to it. From Wordnik.com. [podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history] Reference
To many people, guns are like cars before cars were operated by 18 computers; the urge to tinker is irresistible. From Wordnik.com. [You Always Hurt the Gun You Love] Reference
To tinker, or not to tinker, that is the question. From Wordnik.com. [Football news, match reports and fixtures | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Now, a tinker is his own master, a scholar is not. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
This at once explains why Master Ratty called the tinker "the milliner.". From Wordnik.com. [Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes] Reference
J has called her tinker bell since tuesday so I guess the poor baby has a nickname already. From Wordnik.com. [samson111 Diary Entry] Reference
A tinker is a tinker wherever you find him, a strong farmer a strong farmer, a landlord a landlord. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Plays and Playwrights] Reference
The tinker was a very good-looking young man, almost apostolic in type, with a golden red aureole of hair and beard and candid blue eyes. From Wordnik.com. [All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches] Reference
Since I am a working gunsmith, I love guys who "tinker" with their guns. From Wordnik.com. [You Always Hurt the Gun You Love] Reference
If that happens, Gershman expects the producers to "tinker" with the voting process "to avoid having this happen again.". From Wordnik.com. ['Dancing with the Stars' finale: Too close to call?] Reference
I'd thank the Lord for lettin 'me jes' tinker 'round the home. From Wordnik.com. [The Path to Home] Reference
"You'd like a little more time to kind of tinker with things, and we don't have that,". From Wordnik.com. [Fore, right!] Reference
Among the requirements is that he would not be able to "tinker" with the constitution. From Wordnik.com. Reference
If you use larger bait, such as tinker mackerel or pogies, you might find bigger bass. From Wordnik.com. [Home - BostonHerald.com] Reference
The theory of the "tinker" and the "pan" was indignantly rejected by his other partner. From Wordnik.com. [From Sand Hill to Pine] Reference
You would have been no more likely to "tinker" your own CPU into existence than Woz could. From Wordnik.com. [Planet PHP]
"You'd like a little more time to kind of tinker with things, and we don't have that," Skiles said. From Wordnik.com. [Channel3000.com - Local News] Reference
A tinker is my station. From Wordnik.com. [George Cruikshank] Reference
Now a tinker is his own master, a scholar is not. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro] Reference
"tinker" with the initiative until the three-year limitation has expired. From Wordnik.com. [Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines] Reference
Politicians tinker with such provisions at their peril. From Wordnik.com. [A Sucking Sound] Reference
Until that changes, no one dares to do more than tinker. From Wordnik.com. [Not So Bad A President] Reference
Trouble is, his new partner wants to tinker with his concept. From Wordnik.com. [What's New, Copycat?] Reference
You can tinker with it from issue to issue and from week to week. From Wordnik.com. [A New Life Lyne?] Reference
That's not to say the Republicans just want to tinker with welfare. From Wordnik.com. [Welfare Booby Traps] Reference
Then he'll roam the studio, stopping to tinker with various projects. From Wordnik.com. [A Maverick Master] Reference
It's sound as it is; it need not be afraid to tinker with its formula. From Wordnik.com. [Leave The N.Y. Film Festival Alone!] Reference
If you believe GM's critics, all the brand managers do is tinker with ads. From Wordnik.com. [Brand Power] Reference
Not much there to tinker with, unless you happen to have an oscilloscope handy. From Wordnik.com. [Three Magic Wands] Reference
Biding Time You can only tinker with image so much before debates and actual voting. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
It now allows some of its larger corporate customers to tinker with Windows software. From Wordnik.com. [THE THREAT OF A LINUX GENERATION] Reference
Congress and the president tinker and wait to be moved by big events, for good or ill. From Wordnik.com. [The Peace Dividend] Reference
Today a new generation of sociologists continues to tinker with the delayed-marriage puzzle. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage by the Numbers] Reference
A sperm vaccine would be long-acting but reversible, and wouldn't tinker with a woman's hormones. From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Like Implants...] Reference
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