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tinklerman error for trinkerman, q.v.1840 Thackeray Catherine xiv, The ferries..and..the pirates who infest the same—namely tinklermen, petermen, hebbermen, trawlermen. Ibid., A combat..between the crews of a tinklerman's boat and the water-bailiff's.
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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 ...
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