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Tinker

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The man who tinks, or beats on a kettle to announce his trade. John Bunyan (1628–1688) was called The inspired Tinker.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Time
Time-bargain (A)
Time of Grace
Time-honoured Lancaster
Times (The)
Timoleon
Timon of Athens
Tin
Tine-man (The)
Ting
Tinker
Tintagel or Tintagil
Tintern Abbey
Tintoretto
Tip
Tip of my Tongue
Tip One the Wink (To)
Tiphany
Tiphys
Tipperary Rifle (A)
Tippling Act (The)