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trinkerman
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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tinklerman
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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trinker
† ˈtrinker Obs. [f. trink n.1 + -er1.] a. = trink n.1 b. = trinkerman. Also in comb. † trinker-boat = trink-boat (see trink n.1 d).c 1485 tr. Act 2 Hen. VI, c. 19 (MS. Harl. 4999, lf. 185 b), That the stacioun of nettis and engynes cald Trynkers and al other maner nettis whiche bien..ficched and att...
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trink
▪ I. † trink, n.1 Obs. Also (4 pl. treinekys), 4–6 trynk, treinke, 5 trenke, (trimke, trymke), 5–6 trynke, (6 trungke), 7 trinck(e, trinke. [Origin obscure. Known in AF. (or English in AF. context) from 14th c., and in use till 17th c.; but almost confined to legal enactments. It has been compared a...
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