tinkers

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"

by tinker-boy August 16, 2006

deep thinker

A person with profound thoughts; one who thinks beyond what is obvious.

She is such a deep thinker that's why she hardly has time for mundane concerns.

by Sonnetshaven August 12, 2011

Tinkerbelle

When a Crackhead is coming off a binge, has not slept for days, shoots enough heroin to be just short of the sought after, final over dose. They may go into a sort of sleep, trance, stoned dance, referred to on the street as Tinkerbelle, Tinkerbell, Tinkerbells, or Tinkerbelling.

This movement may last just a moment, or persist for ten to twelve hours or more. The behavior usually starts before the syringe has been withdraw from the body.

Often during some part of this activity they may curl up, rolling backward on their spine, draw there knees close together, flutter there legs in the air as if riding a bicycle, pointing their toes towards the sky.

At other times it may appear to be a spasm, complete with twitching, jerking, shuddering, and shivering. The enthusiast may dance and thrash around taking off clothing as they go. They may nod out and awaken incessantly. Eyes may be partially closed or open. Devotees often claim they were asleep on their feet.

When standing sleep-trance dancing, pretty ladies, may remind spectators of Peter Pan’s fairy, with all the bells and whistles of a gypsy, who does not give a tinker's damn what anyone else thinks about how susceptible to physical or emotional harm they appear.

Tinker from “Tinkers dame,” bell from “bells and whistles,” Tinkerbell from “Peter Pan.”

Sarita is known to Tinkerbelle, in the Mission.

Jamie is Tinkerbelling, in Chinatown.

by SuraScent January 9, 2009

Thinkery

To establish a thought, or proceed with the task of thinking.
A moment spent in thought, time given for an individual or a group of people to think.

''Well done Einstein, what marvelous thinkery.''

''I need to take time out for thinkery.''

by Christopher Johns March 22, 2008

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 .

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*

by Beansbeans April 14, 2020

Thinkerbating

Verb - Used casually on the East coast, it refers to when someone masturbates vigorously while in deep philosophical thought. It may also be referred to as ponderbating.

Toby Lerone: "Hey, what where you doing in your room? Where you masturbating?"

Maya Gingerkov: "Actually, I was thinking about what I want to do with my future."

Toby Lerone: "Bro, I heard your ballsack bouncing around."

Maya Gingerkov: "Okay, you got me. I was thinkerbating."

by Qwad35 December 21, 2013