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A man went into a doctors surgery clutching his stomach.
"what seems to be the problem ?" the doctor asks.
"I've eaten something that has disagreed with me" the man replies.
Doctor: "strip to the waist and lay on the couch.
The doctor puts his stethoscope on the mans stomach, the recoils in horror!
Man: "whats up doc ?"
Doctor: I distinctly heard a voice say - "don't listen to him, he's a liar"
"what seems to be the problem ?" the doctor asks.
"I've eaten something that has disagreed with me" the man replies.
Doctor: "strip to the waist and lay on the couch.
The doctor puts his stethoscope on the mans stomach, the recoils in horror!
Man: "whats up doc ?"
Doctor: I distinctly heard a voice say - "don't listen to him, he's a liar"
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Of course the word originally derives from metalworkers/tinsmiths and the like.
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//A tinker's dam is a temporary patch to repair a hole in a metal vessel such as a pot or a pan. It was used by tinkers and was usually made of mud or clay, or sometimes other materials at hand, such as wet paper. The material was built up around the outside of the hole, so as to plug it. Molten solder was then poured on the inside of the hole. The solder cooled and solidified against the dam and bonded with the metal wall. The dam was then brushed away. The remaining solder was then rasped and smoothed down by the tinker.
In the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics of 1877, Edward Knight makes this definition: "Tinker's-dam - a wall of dough raised around a place which a plumber desires to flood with a coat of solder. The material can be but once used; being consequently thrown away as worthless".
This may have influenced the English phrase tinker's cuss, which expresses contempt. The phrases tinker's damn and tinker's cuss may also be applied to something considered insignificant. A common expression may be the examples: "I don't give a tinker's cuss what the Vicar thinks", sometimes shortened to, "I don't give a tinker's about the Vicar." In this context, the speaker is expressing contempt for the clergyman and his opinion. A tinker's cuss or curse was considered of little significance because tinkers were reputed to swear (curse) habitually.//
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//A tinker's dam is a temporary patch to repair a hole in a metal vessel such as a pot or a pan. It was used by tinkers and was usually made of mud or clay, or sometimes other materials at hand, such as wet paper. The material was built up around the outside of the hole, so as to plug it. Molten solder was then poured on the inside of the hole. The solder cooled and solidified against the dam and bonded with the metal wall. The dam was then brushed away. The remaining solder was then rasped and smoothed down by the tinker.
In the Practical Dictionary of Mechanics of 1877, Edward Knight makes this definition: "Tinker's-dam - a wall of dough raised around a place which a plumber desires to flood with a coat of solder. The material can be but once used; being consequently thrown away as worthless".
This may have influenced the English phrase tinker's cuss, which expresses contempt. The phrases tinker's damn and tinker's cuss may also be applied to something considered insignificant. A common expression may be the examples: "I don't give a tinker's cuss what the Vicar thinks", sometimes shortened to, "I don't give a tinker's about the Vicar." In this context, the speaker is expressing contempt for the clergyman and his opinion. A tinker's cuss or curse was considered of little significance because tinkers were reputed to swear (curse) habitually.//
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