Pikey vs Tinker - What's the difference?
pikey | tinker |
(British, pejorative) A working-class (often underclass) person; can vary from specifically Irish Travellers to gypsies or travellers from any ethnic background, but now increasingly used for any socially undesirable person, with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft, single-parent families and living on run-down estates.
an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin
(dated, chiefly, British, and, Irish, offensive) A member of the travelling community. A gypsy.
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
Someone who repairs, or attempts repair on anything mechanical (tinkers) or invents.
The act of repair or invention.
(military, obsolete) A small mortar on the end of a staff.
Any of various fish: the chub mackerel, the silverside, the skate, or a young mackerel about two years old.
A bird, the razor-billed auk.
(Webster 1913)
To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Robert M. Pringle
, title=How to Be Manipulative
, volume=100, issue=1, page=31
, magazine=
To work as a tinker.
As nouns the difference between pikey and tinker
is that pikey is a low-ranking soldier who merely carries a pike while tinker is an itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of tin.As verbs the difference between pikey and tinker
is that pikey is to steal while tinker is to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.As a proper noun Tinker is
{{surname|northern English|from=occupations}} for someone who mends pots and pans.pikey
English
Etymology 1
pike + -yEtymology 2
From obsolete pike , to depart or travel, or possibly from turnpike (en) - needs to be confirmedNoun
(en noun)See also
* charva * chav * yob * gypsyEtymology 3
Derived from the stereotype that all gypsies or other travellers are thieves.tinker
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mischievous person) rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scamp, scoundrel * (member of the travelling community) travellerVerb
(en verb)citation, passage=As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.}}