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tinkler en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From tinkle + -er.

Meanings

  1. A small bell.
  2. (slang) The penis.
    • As his drawers came free, his tinkler leapt straight up. How different he was between the legs from Hindley, who had that darkness! 1983, John Wheatcroft, Catherine, Her Book, page 44:
    • Johnny felt a delicious surge of energy in his tinkler. 2006, Andrea D'Allasandra, House of the Screaming Clowns, page 42:

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tinkler en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (UK, dialectal) A tinker.
    • Sometimes a herd from the hills would pass by with sheep, sometimes a tinkler or a wandering merchant, and once in a long while the laird of Heriotside on his grey horse riding to Gledsmuir. 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

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