| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| tinker (v.) |
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| when combined with a preposition, usually takes with, as in I was tinkering with the alarm clock, or sometimes at, as in He tinkered at all sorts of odd inventions. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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