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Tinkers is a term for a group of Irish Travellers who worked with tin and mended pots and pans from door to door in rural Ireland before urbanisation in the 1960's. This is a perjoritive term these days and is used to insult Irish Travellers, as gyppo is to insult Romani people (different ethnic nomads in Britain & Ireland).

Not all Irish Travellers were tinkers (from tinsmithing or tinsmith) as there were horse dealers, market traders etc.

Irish Travellers have their own distinct culture, traditions, way of life and language and are indigenious to Ireland and are said to be here in Ireland before the Celts arrived in Ireland 500 yrs BC.
"irish travellers are all tinkers"

"No, its a term, often negative"

tinkers by tinker-boy August 16, 2006
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tinkers invitation 

A last minute invite to a function usually as replacement for an invited person who can't make it.
I got a tinkers invitation to Julie's wedding this weekend, I wonder who bailed .
tinkers invitation by Jessyjes November 5, 2017

Copy thinkers 

What a homeless man in NYC would scream at you when you and your mom don’t give him money and your Aunt Laurie takes it to heart
Homeless man : *holds out hand*
Mom : *looks at hand & looks away*
Daughter: *looks at hand & looks away*
Homeless man: COPY THINKERS *mutters angrily*
Aunt Laurie: *mutters extra angrily*
Copy thinkers by Beansbeans April 14, 2020

Twingers 

Twat Fingers. The resulting smell and stickiness of getting to second base and not washing your hands.
Damn dude, did you just high five me with twingers?

Holy shit she must have been dirty, I can smell your twingers from here bro!
Twingers by Nadeem11886969 September 10, 2011

Twinkess 

A twinkess is the female version of a twink. However, a twinkess is not the same as a girly-girl or tomboy. A twinkess is feminine in a sort of masculine way, typically dressing femininely but acting more bold and brash. Twinkesses are usually quite thin with slight muscles.

Twinkesses are not to be confused with bimbos or chavs.
Person 1 : "Hey, man. What's the girl version of a twink?"
Person 2 : "I don't know, a twinkess?"
Twinkess by VeeTheBean September 3, 2023

twinners 

two people who suddenly realize they have identical habits and/or ideas.
"You ALSO watch VH1 music list shows?!?!"
"Yea we're twinners!!!!!"
twinners by BATSAM August 26, 2009

Twinkerbell 

"Twink" is commonly used to describe young gay airheads, equivelent of a blonde bimbo. "Twinkerbell" goes on to further label an evolution of the stereotype that minces around in fairy outfits at the slightest excuse claiming it to only be "a good laff". Often these types are in denial about their true sexuality.
Chris always goes to fancy dress parties in a little pink fairy dress saying it's a "good laff and you have to do something different don't you? What do you mean 'indicative of a paternal freudian fixation'? Are you saying my bum looks big in this?"
Twinkerbell by Billy Scroggins September 10, 2005