tinkerern.
/ˈtɪŋk(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈtɪŋk(ə)rər/ A person who works at mending something in a clumsy or ineffective way, or who uses trial and error to make gradual adjustments to something, esp. by way of attempted repair or improvement.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun] > who repairs in makeshift manner
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > clumsy or unskilful putting together > one who
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1827 Cobbett's Weekly Reg. 31 Mar. 17 Mr. Tierney, are not you one of, and one of the leaders of, these meddling, tampering, and mischievous tinkerers?
1979 Bull. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. May 20 It was Thomas Edison, the personification of the self-taught tinkerer, who founded the first important industrial laboratory in Menlo Park.
2014 G. Vince Adventures in Anthropocene ix. 313 Californian computer wizard Kyle Wiens is the sophisticated electronics tinkerer that the industry emperors like Microsoft and Apple dream of employing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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