Found 2 items, similar to tinkerer.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tinkerer tinkerer n 1: an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend [syn: fiddler] 2: a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts [syn: tinker] 3: a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils) [syn: mender, tinker]
English → English (gcide) Definition: tinker Silversides \Sil"ver*sides`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinid[ae], having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the American coast (Menidia notata ) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt , friar, tailor, and tinker. [1913 Webster] Brook silversides (Zo["o]l.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to the marine silversides. [1913 Webster]