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tinkerly, a. ? Obs.|ˈtɪŋkəlɪ|
[f. tinker n. + -ly1.]
Having the character of a tinker or of tinker's work; clumsy, bungling, unskilful; of poor quality; mean, low, disreputable. (Depreciative.)
1586W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 31, I meane this tynkerly verse which we call ryme. 1592Lyly Midas iv. i, Thou art Pan and all, all Pan and tinkerly. 1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 183 Shewe me any halfe page without piperly phrases, and tinkerly composition. 1647Trapp Comm. Eph. iv. 25 A base tinkerly sin, as Plutarch calleth it, shamefull and hatefull. 1681Hickeringill Sin Man-Catching Postscr., The wary Hollanders..suffer no Tinkerly Pleading, of mending one hole, and making too. |