Play Strategy: Play Out of Hours! This toolkit is designed to provide clear and concise information for school communities and their partners to assess the feasibility of making school grounds available for childrenâs play out of teaching hours.
Noun[edit] tinker â(plural tinkers) 1  an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin. ( 2 dated, chiefly Britain and Ireland, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy. ( usually with little) A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
The term little tinker is now widely used in England as a term of endearment for a cheeky young child. Some modern day nomads with a Scottish, Irish or English influence call themselves techno-tinkers or technogypsies and are found to possess a revival of sorts of the romantic view of the tinker's lifestyle.