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.
Tinker's dam. A tinker's dam is a temporary patch to repair a hole in a metal vessel such as a pot or a pan. It was used by tinkers and was usually made of mud or clay, or sometimes other materials at hand, such as wet paper. The material was built up around the outside of the hole, so as to plug it.