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trinkerman|ˈtrɪŋkəmən|
Pl. -men. Also erron. 6–7 tynker-, 7–8 tin(c)kerman. See also tinklerman.
[f. trinker: cf. fisherman.]
A man who fishes with a trink (see trink n.1); the title of a class of fishermen on the Thames.
1538City of London Recds. Jrnl. 14 lf. 111 (MS.) Fyrst yt ys agreed that the Trynkermen shal begynne to occupye theyre occupacion at Saynt James day. 1542Lett. & Pap. Hen. VIII, XVII. 15 Considerations why the trynker men cannot save small brood and fry of fish. 1584Tynkermen [see trink-net s.v. trink n.1 d]. 1615[see trinker-boat]. 1720Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) I. i. vii. 34/1 Whereas there are a certain Company of Fishermen, called Trinkermen (or Tynkermen) frequenting the River of Thames, eastward. 1868in Windsor Express 22 Aug., The old fishermen—‘trinkermen’ as they are termed—in the tidal way are praying devoutly for a continuance of rain. |