trinkerman
(ˈtrɪŋkəmən)
Pl. -men. Also erron. 6–7 tynker-, 7–8 tin(c)kerman. See also tinklerman.
[f. trinker: cf. fisherman.]
A man who fishes with a trink (see trink n.1); the title of a class of fishermen on the Thames.
| 1538 City of London Recds. Jrnl. 14 lf. 111 (MS.) Fyrst yt ys agreed that the Trynkermen shal begynne to occupye theyre occupacion at Saynt James day. 1542 Lett. & Pap. Hen. VIII, XVII. 15 Considerations why the trynker men cannot save small brood and fry of fish. 1584 Tynkermen [see trink-net s.v. trink n.1 d]. 1615 [see trinker-boat]. 1720 Strype Stow's Surv. (1754) I. i. vii. 34/1 Whereas there are a certain Company of Fishermen, called Trinkermen (or Tynkermen) frequenting the River of Thames, eastward. 1868 in Windsor Express 22 Aug., The old fishermen—‘trinkermen’ as they are termed—in the tidal way are praying devoutly for a continuance of rain. |