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Vocabulary Entry
tinker
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A person who repairs or adjusts machinery or equipment.
Example Sentences
"The tinker fixed my bicycle in no time."
"He was known in the village as the local tinker."
"Before electronics, tinkerers often repaired household items."
V
verb
To repair or improve something in an unskilled or experimental way.
Example Sentences
"She loves to tinker with old radios."
"He spent the afternoon tinkering with his car engine."
"The kids were tinkering with building blocks to see what they could create."