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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Tinkersome #44514 10/13/2001 10:33 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 tinker's damn In my understanding, it is a tinker's dam, not damn. Meaning a small piece of material placed to dam the flow of liquid (melted) solder, confining the liquied to place desired. For this purpose one would use a disposable, insignificant bit of material, a useless bit of no other worth; hence, "not worth a tinker's dam". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Tinkersome Father Steve 10/13/2001 6:54 PM Re: Tinkersome jimthedog 10/13/2001 7:20 PM Re: Tinkersome Keiva 10/13/2001 10:33 PM Re: Tinkersome Geoff 10/13/2001 10:47 PM Re: Tinkersome of troy 10/14/2001 3:20 AM Re: Tinkersome TEd Remington 10/15/2001 5:21 PM Re: tinkers, evers, chance tsuwm 10/15/2001 5:50 PM Re: tinker forever with chance Faldage 10/15/2001 5:55 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/15/2001 7:50 PM Re: tinker forever with chance tsuwm 10/15/2001 7:55 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/15/2001 8:06 PM Re: tinker forever with chance tsuwm 10/15/2001 8:16 PM Re: tinker forever with chance TEd Remington 10/16/2001 8:30 PM Re: tinker forever with chance tsuwm 10/16/2001 8:35 PM Re: tinker forever with chance Faldage 10/17/2001 5:18 PM Re: up and coming Keiva 10/17/2001 5:23 PM Re: tinker forever with chance of troy 10/16/2001 8:40 PM Re: tinker forever with chance TEd Remington 10/16/2001 8:42 PM Re: tinker forever with chance belMarduk 10/16/2001 8:58 PM Crickets and Beaujelais consuelo 10/16/2001 11:44 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/17/2001 11:32 PM yet another word digression tsuwm 10/17/2001 11:40 PM Re: Tinkersome Keiva 10/15/2001 7:38 PM Re: Tinkersome tsuwm 10/14/2001 4:47 AM Re: Tinkersome Keiva 10/14/2001 3:42 PM Re: Tinkersome tsuwm 10/14/2001 3:57 PM Re: Tinkersome Jackie 10/14/2001 2:36 AM Re: Tinkersome plutarch 10/14/2001 3:22 AM Re: Tinkersome Jackie 10/14/2001 5:13 AM Re: Tinkersome maverick 10/14/2001 1:56 PM Re: Tinkersome Keiva 10/14/2001 3:48 PM Re: Tinkersome Father Steve 10/14/2001 8:46 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,393 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 18 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,214 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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