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tinker ['tɪŋkə(r)]1 noun∎ familiar I don't give a tinker's cuss or British damn! je m'en fiche comme de ma première chemise!;∎ familiar it's not worth a tinker's cuss ça vaut des clopinettes;∎ tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor… (child's rhyme) = comptine pour découvrir quel genre d'homme on épousera ou ce qu'on fera comme métier plus tard∎ you little tinker! petit garnement!(c) (act of tinkering) bricolage m∎ to tinker about bricoler;∎ he spends hours tinkering with that car il passe des heures à bricoler cette voiture;∎ he's forever tinkering with the radio (fiddling with it) il n'arrête pas de tripoter la radio; (repairing it) il passe des heures à rafistoler le poste de radio;∎ who's been tinkering with the thermostat? qui a touché au thermostat?;∎ someone has tinkered with this report quelqu'un a trafiqué ce rapport;∎ so far you've only been tinkering with the problem pour l'instant, tu n'as fait qu'effleurer le problème
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