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Tinker may once have meant "gypsy", but now the epithet for gypsy in Northamptonshire and probably the rest of the country, said with as much bile as possible, is f**cking gippos!
They are also known as "travellers" by a lot of people. It's probably a better description, as most of them don't seem to have any Romany heritage.
As far as I can tell, "tinker" has reverted to someone itinerant who fixes things.
"Tinkering" has alway meant "trying to do something without noticeable success" to me.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Animal Farm grapho 03/08/04 12:25 AM Thinkers due grapho 03/08/04 02:04 AM Re: Thinkers due RhubarbCommando 03/08/04 01:04 PM Re: Thinkers due grapho 03/08/04 04:36 PM Re: Animal Farm of troy 03/08/04 05:11 PM Re: Animal Farm grapho 03/08/04 05:22 PM Tinker TEd Remington 03/12/04 07:49 AM Re: Gippos Capfka 03/12/04 11:47 AM Re: Gippos of troy 03/12/04 01:54 PM Re: roma jheem 03/12/04 02:16 PM Re: Gippos TEd Remington 03/12/04 04:44 PM Re: Gippos grapho 03/12/04 05:36 PM Re: Gippos TEd Remington 03/12/04 07:19 PM Re: Gippos grapho 03/12/04 09:04 PM Re: Gippos Zed 03/13/04 03:00 AM Re: Gippos Zed 03/13/04 03:05 AM Re: Gippos Capfka 03/13/04 02:07 PM Re: Gippos Buffalo Shrdlu 03/13/04 02:17 PM
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