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See also: Tinkler
English
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Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]tinkler (plural tinklers)
- A small bell.
- (slang) The penis.
- 1983, John Wheatcroft, Catherine, Her Book, page 44:
- As his drawers came free, his tinkler leapt straight up. How different he was between the legs from Hindley, who had that darkness!
- 2006, Andrea D'Allasandra, House of the Screaming Clowns, page 42:
- Johnny felt a delicious surge of energy in his tinkler.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]tinkler (plural tinklers)
- (UK, dialect) A tinker.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- 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.
References
[edit]- “tinkler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.