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Definition of Tinkered
1. tinker [v] - See also: tinker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinkered
Literary usage of Tinkered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen (1885)
"... having become possessed of the parts of a copy of the map made by some unknown
Dutch engraver in the reign of William III, caused them to be ' tinkered ..."
2. My Lifetime by John Hollingshead (1895)
"... A "disorderly" house—Illegal "morning performances"—The authorities alarmed—No
reform—A tinkered Act of Parliament— A "dangerous person. ..."
3. The Gleaner: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry (1830)
"Something was the matter with his scythe—and it was again tinkered. But it was
not long before it wanted fixing again; and the father said in a pet, " Well, ..."
4. Coalescence by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"Gene-tinkered crop plants being prepared for market include potatoes with genes
from chickens, silk moth or bacteria; tomatoes with genes from flounders, ..."
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