Play Strategy: Play Out of Hours! This toolkit is designed to provide clear and concise information for school communities and their partners to assess the feasibility of making school grounds available for childrenâs play out of teaching hours.
Noun[edit] tinker â(plural tinkers) 1  an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin. ( 2 dated, chiefly Britain and Ireland, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy. ( usually with little) A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
Historical Examples. 1  He can tinker up almost anything, and that eliminates the blacksmith. 2  He did not go down to the Lake this day, lest he should come near the tinker.  3 Nay, quoth the tinker, shaking his head slowly from side to side.  4 That will I not do, even to mine own brother, answered the tinker.