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An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend (usually in a clumsy way)
Answer for the clue "An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend (usually in a clumsy way) ", 8 letters:
tinkerer
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 agent noun of tinker; one who tinkers with things. 2 A meddler.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an unskilled person who tries to fix or mend [syn: fiddler ] a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts [syn: tinker ] a traveling repairman who mends broken things (such as metal household utensils) [syn: mender , tinker ...
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The Tinkerer is a fictional character , a supervillain appearing in comic books set in Marvel Comics . The character has an almost superhuman gift of genius in engineering , able to invent sophisticated gadgets from nothing more than spare parts left over ...
Usage examples of tinkerer.
Since Elser was a skilled cabinetmaker and electrician and a tinkerer, they suggested that he was the man to do the job.
It looks no more like an atom bomb than I look like Stalin, but it represents-if it were plutonium-what we atom tinkerers call a 'subcritical mass.