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Similar words: stinker · thinker · linker · sinker · tanker · tinder · tinner · blinker · drinker · sticker
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tinker

1. noun itinerant, Traveller2. noun naughty child3. noun pot mender4. noun in order to fix sth etc5. verb in order to fix sth etc
phrases
 1 noun pejorative itinerant, Travellertincéir pejorative masc3  c m u 2 noun informal naughty childdiabhal beag  c m udiabhailín masc4  c m ubligeairdín masc4  c m u
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3 noun pot mendertincéir masc3  c m u 4 noun in order to fix sth etcto have a tinker with sth bheith ag tincéireacht le rud, bheith ag útamáil le rud 5 verb in order to fix sth etc INTRANSITIVEbheith ag tincéireachtbheith ag útamáil  c m u
phrases

to not give a tinker's curse

 (also

to not give a tinker's damn

, to not give a tinker's cuss

) informal I don't give a tinker's curse is ríchuma liom, is cuma liom sa diabhal very informal, is cuma liom sa sioc informal

not worth a tinker's damn

 (also

not worth a tinker's cuss

) informalit isn't worth a tinker's damn ní fiú faic na ngrást é, ní fiú tráithnín é, ní fiú smug cait é

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