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Luke was called a tinker
i just remembered somebody in the audience said Luke was a tinker
but isnt that just an nasty name for travellers and romey gypsies why would that person call luke that when he is nether a traveller or a Gypsies and if he was wouldnt that be classed as racist to travellers and gypsies
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The term "little tinker" is now widely used in the UK as a term of endearment for a cheeky young child.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker |
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Bit of a bizarre question - last time I looked gypsy and/or traveler are not races????
![]() Tinker is a another word for 'naughty boy'. maybe they meant that |
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The term "little tinker" is now widely used in the UK as a term of endearment for a cheeky young child.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker im not from the uk im Irish so i never heard that term been used like that only on gypies and travellers and in bad way |
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i just remembered somebody in the audience said Luke was a tinker
but isnt that just an nasty name for travellers and romey gypsies why would that person call luke that when he is nether a traveller or a Gypsies and if he was wouldnt that be classed as racist to travellers and gypsies ![]() |
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Bit of a bizarre question - last time I looked gypsy and/or traveler are not races????
![]() Tinker is a another word for 'naughty boy'. maybe they meant that |
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It used to be a fairly common phrase ie X is a little tinker meaning mischievous, naughty etc.
http://virtuallinguist.typepad.com/t...07/tinker.html |
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