Tinkerer

Definitions

1. Agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things.
   agent, form-of
2. A meddler.

Equivalents

Examples

“Part of why both books dragged on so long is that Mr. Talese, who once worked for The New York Times, is a perfectionist, an obsessive tinkerer and rewriter, and also a famously meticulous reporter and researcher who spurns devices like⟳ composite characters and faked identities.”

“Make⟳ magazine, which celebrates “your right to tweak, hack and bend⟳ any technology to your own⟳ will,” has joined with the New York Hall of Science to gather more than 500 of the craftiest inventors, artists, technology enthusiasts, tinkerers and hobbyists to share⟳ their expertise.”

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