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Tinker (disambiguation)

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Tinker is an archaic term for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils.

Tinker may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

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Fictional characters

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  • Tinker, the fictional assistant to detective Sexton Blake in British comic strips and novels
  • Colonel Tinker, a minor fictional character in the Southern Victory Series novel How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
  • Tinker Dill, a fictional character in the British TV series Lovejoy
  • Tinkers, the main protagonists of Vernor Vinge's book The Peace War
  • Tuatha'an (or Tinkers) of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time
  • Tinker Knight, a boss in Shovel Knight
  • Alexander Graham Bell ("Tinker"), the title character of Wen Spencer's 2003 novel Tinker

Literature

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Other uses in arts and entertainment

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Places

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United States

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Elsewhere

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People

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Surname

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Given name

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  • Tinker Hatfield (born 1952), Nike shoe designer
  • Tinker Keck (born 1976), American fitness trainer and former professional gridiron football player

Nickname

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  • Tinker Beets (Derrick John Beets, born 1941), Rhodesian former field hockey player and cricketer
  • Tinker Fox (John Fox, 1610–1650), Parliamentarian colonel during the English Civil War
  • Tinker Juarez (David Juarez, born 1961), American former bicycle racer
  • Tinker Owens (Charles Wayne Owens, born 1954), American former professional gridiron football player

Sports arenas

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  • Tinker Field, a baseball stadium in Orlando, Florida, named for Hall-of-Fame baseball player Joe Tinker
  • Tinker Park, a former baseball ground in Indianapolis, Indiana, named for Tinker Street

Other uses

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See also

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