Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Tinkard
subs. (old cant).—A begging tinker.
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1575. AWDELEY, The Fraternitye of Vacabondes. A TINKARD leaveth his bag a-sweating at the ale-house, which they terme their bowsing inne, and in the meane season goeth abrode a begging.
