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.