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  1. Tinker
    Tinker is the nickname of a young Tyrannosaurus rex meaning tyrant lizard king) that was found near Belle Fourche, South Dakota, USA (in the Hell Creek Formation of western S.D.). Tinker's roughly 70%-complete fossilized skeleton dates from about 70 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous peri...
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  2. tinker
    [n] - a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts 2. [n] - (British) an itinerant Gypsy 3. [v] - work as a tinker or tinkerer
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Tinker
    Tink'er noun [ From Tink , because the tinker's way of proclaiming his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a tinkling noise. Johnson .] 1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. 'Tailors...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/60

  4. Tinker
    Tink'er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Tinkered ; present participle & verbal noun Tinkering .] To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/60

  5. Tinker
    Tink'er intransitive verb To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/60

  6. tinker
    1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. 'Tailors and tinkers.' ... 2. One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work. ... 3. A small mortar on the end of a staff. ... 4. <zoology> A young mackerel about two years old. The chub mackerel. ... The silversides. ... A skate. .....
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  7. Tinker
    • (n.) A small mortar on the end of a staff. • (n.) A young mackerel about two years old. • (n.) The chub mackerel. • (n.) One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work. • (v. i.) To busy one`s self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied w...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. tinker
    • someone who is employed to repair broken things
    • small mackerel found nearly worldwide

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  9. Tinker
    Tinker is a British slang term of endearment.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. Tinker
    Tinker is a British slang term of endearment.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  11. Tinker
    A tinker is a person who mends things, the term especially applies to someone who mends pots, pans and kettles. In Scotland and Northern Ireland the term is often applied to Romanys.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  12. Tinker
    Those who fix brass and other metal items.
    Found on http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/A_Magical_M

  13. tinker
    one who repairs pots and pans
    Found on http://charlesdickenspage.com/glossary.h

  14. Tinker
    A `tinker` was originally an itinerant tinsmith, who mended household utensils. The term "tinker" became used in British society to refer to marginalized persons. In this later sense, "tinker" may mean: Tinker as a surname is a very old Anglo-Saxon name, with variations of Le Tin...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker

  15. TINKER
    `TINKER` is a computer software application for molecular dynamics simulation with a complete and general package for molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics, with some special features for biopolymers. The heart of the TINKER package is a modular set of callable routines which allow the manipula...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TINKER

  16. Tinker
    (band) `Tinker` was a Canadian alternative rock band, formed in Montréal in 1993 by Melissa Auf der Maur and Steve Durand. The band reached limited success, before Auf der Maur left and became bassist for Hole. Durand and Zadorozny joined Auf der Maur`s solo band in 2002 and worked on both...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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