tinkershere, -shire
(ˈtɪŋkəʃɪə(r))
Also (? erron.) -shue.
[f. tinker n. (cf. 3 f): the second element is obscure.]
A local name for the common guillemot; also for the black guillemot.
| 1799 R. Pulteney Catal. Birds, etc. Dorset (1813) 17 Colymbus Troile... The Foolish Guillemot Diver; called here The Tinkershire. 1802 G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. Q ij b, Guillemot, Foolish... Provincial. Sea-hen. Scout... Willock. Tinkershire. 1831 Rennie Montagu's Ornith. Dict., Tinker's-hue. 1864 Atkinson Provinc. Names Birds, Tinkershue, Black Guillemot, Uria grylle. 1885 Swainson Provinc. Names Birds 218 Common Guillemot... Tinkershire, or Tinkershue. From its black head and back. 1889 H. Saunders Man. Brit. Birds 684 By fishermen it is known as ‘Scout’, ‘Marrot’ or ‘Tinkershere’. |