English Explanatory Dictionary

tinker tailor grass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several types of grass-like plant having individual ears or seeds, especially ryegrass (genus Lolium), or ribwort plantain (genus Plantago).

Word forms

tinker tailor grass tinker tailor grasses

Etymology

From its use in counting or choosing games, especially those used to divine the profession of a future sweetheart ("tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor…").

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