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Tinker or tinkerer is an archaic term for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils.
A photograph of a tinker by Ignacy Krieger, nineteenth century
Tinsmith
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A tinsmith is a historical term for a skilled craftsperson who makes and repairs things made of tin or other light metals. The profession was also known as a tinner, tinker, tinman, or tinplate worker
Tinker
…Tinker or tinkerer is an archaic term for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils. Tinker for metal-worker is attested from the thirteenth century as tyckner or tinkler. Some travelling groups and Romani…
A tinsmith at Old Sturbridge Village
Tinware desk lamp, late 1930s, Bandelier National Monument. Made by a Civilian Conservation Corps tinsmith.
Tinsmiths on the roof of Storkyrkan, Stockholm, 1903
Contemporary tinsmith who also serves as a reenactor at Fort Ross State Historic Park, standing with an ear trumpet, a 19th-century hearing aid