tinker womann.

Brit.

/ˈtɪŋkə ˌwʊmən/, U.S.

/ˈtɪŋkər ˌwʊmən/

Inflections: Plural tinker women.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tinker n.¹, woman n.

Etymology: < tinker n.¹ + woman n. Compare slightly earlier tinker man n.²

Now chiefly historical.

A female tinker. Cf. tinker n.¹ 1a, 1b.

ΚΠ

1847 Liverpool Mercury 20 July 4/5 The inhuman wretch had made a practice of lending the infant out to hire to professional beggars; one of these, a tinker woman, was brought into court.

1938 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 May 320/1 A tinker-woman was delivered..in a dry ditch by the roadside... Next day I passed the family on the road, the mother tramping along with the baby on her back.

2007 New Yorker 23 Apr. 69/3 Stan's old man says Arthur's not a real McKechnie. He says Margaret must have got him from some tinker woman she met outside the off-license.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tinker woman
释义	tinker womann. Brit. /ˈtɪŋkə ˌwʊmən/, U.S. /ˈtɪŋkər ˌwʊmən/ Inflections: Plural tinker women. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tinker n.¹, woman n. Etymology: < tinker n.¹ + woman n. Compare slightly earlier tinker man n.² Now chiefly historical. A female tinker. Cf. tinker n.¹ 1a, 1b. ΚΠ 1847 Liverpool Mercury 20 July 4/5 The inhuman wretch had made a practice of lending the infant out to hire to professional beggars; one of these, a tinker woman, was brought into court. 1938 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 May 320/1 A tinker-woman was delivered..in a dry ditch by the roadside... Next day I passed the family on the road, the mother tramping along with the baby on her back. 2007 New Yorker 23 Apr. 69/3 Stan's old man says Arthur's not a real McKechnie. He says Margaret must have got him from some tinker woman she met outside the off-license. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1847
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