Talk:tinker
Latest comment: 4 years ago by Equinox in topic Transitive?
Transitive?[edit]
One of G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories mentions "the broken bureau-lock and tinkered window-pane". Does this imply a transitive sense of the verb? Equinox ◑ 13:35, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
Botcher, bungler; to botch or bungle[edit]
Chambers 1908 also defines tinker as "a botcher or bungler" and "a botch or bungle", and (intransitive verb) "to make a botch or mess of anything". This seems to have broader application than merely attempting to mend an object. Equinox ◑ 22:09, 14 September 2019 (UTC)