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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Tinkersome #44514 10/13/01 10:33 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,605 K Keiva Carpal Tunnel Keiva Carpal Tunnel K 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 Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Tinkersome Father Steve 10/13/01 06:54 PM Re: Tinkersome jimthedog 10/13/01 07:20 PM Re: Tinkersome Keiva 10/13/01 10:33 PM Re: Tinkersome Geoff 10/13/01 10:47 PM Re: Tinkersome of troy 10/14/01 03:20 AM Re: Tinkersome TEd Remington 10/15/01 05:21 PM Re: tinkers, evers, chance tsuwm 10/15/01 05:50 PM Re: tinker forever with chance Faldage 10/15/01 05:55 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/15/01 07:50 PM Re: tinker forever with chance tsuwm 10/15/01 07:55 PM Max Quordlepleen 10/15/01 08:06 PM Re: tinker forever with chance tsuwm 10/15/01 08:16 PM Re: tinker forever with chance TEd Remington 10/16/01 08:30 PM Re: tinker forever with chance tsuwm 10/16/01 08:35 PM Re: tinker forever with chance Faldage 10/17/01 05:18 PM Re: up and coming Keiva 10/17/01 05:23 PM Re: tinker forever with chance of troy 10/16/01 08:40 PM Re: tinker forever with chance TEd Remington 10/16/01 08:42 PM Re: tinker forever with chance belMarduk 10/16/01 08:58 PM Crickets and Beaujelais consuelo 10/16/01 11:44 PM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 10/17/01 11:32 PM yet another word digression tsuwm 10/17/01 11:40 PM Re: Tinkersome Keiva 10/15/01 07:38 PM Re: Tinkersome tsuwm 10/14/01 04:47 AM Re: Tinkersome Keiva 10/14/01 03:42 PM Re: Tinkersome tsuwm 10/14/01 03:57 PM Re: Tinkersome Jackie 10/14/01 02:36 AM Re: Tinkersome plutarch 10/14/01 03:22 AM Re: Tinkersome Jackie 10/14/01 05:13 AM Re: Tinkersome maverick 10/14/01 01:56 PM Re: Tinkersome Keiva 10/14/01 03:48 PM Re: Tinkersome Father Steve 10/14/01 08:46 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,372 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 220 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 25 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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