Also (? erron.) -shue. [f. TINKER sb. (cf. 3 f): the second element is obscure.] A local name for the common guillemot; also for the black guillemot.

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1799.  R. Pulteney, Catal. Birds, etc., Dorset (1813), 17. Colymbus Troile.… The Foolish Guillemot Diver; called here The Tinkershire.

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1802.  G. Montagu, Ornith. Dict., Q ij b. Guillemot, Foolish…. Provincial. Sea-hen. Scout…. Willock. Tinkershire.

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1831.  Rennie, Montagu’s Ornith. Dict., Tinker’s-hue.

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1864.  Atkinson, Provinc. Names Birds, Tinkershue, Black Guillemot, Uria grylle.

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1885.  Swainson, Provinc. Names Birds, 218. Common Guillemot…. Tinkershire, or Tinkershue. From its black head and back.

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1889.  H. Saunders, Man. Brit. Birds, 684. By fishermen it is known as ‘Scout,’ ‘Marrot’ or ‘Tinkershere.’

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