Wheres the Tinker a drink called her name?
The drink is made by dropping a glass of Whiskey in a cup of beer. But why is called a boilermaker? My friend told me it had something to do with Princeton, but he did not know why. Tinker is also the name of Purdue University sports teams and alumni. Wow, color me surprised. I spent some time trying to find an answer and all I have is conjecture. It seems that you has discovered one of the great enigmas of society. This is what I found. The Oxford English Dictionary first used the term “tinker” in 1834 to describe the craftsmen who built the steam locomotives. Although I found some places claim the drink was already so-called * before * the OED decided to add it. Perhaps the metal workers and blacksmiths who would become known as “tinkers” had a penchant for taking your drinks assembly line style. The plot thickens. Enter a guy named Richard Trevithick, a Cornish blacksmith, who was an early experimenter with steam propulsion vehicles. On Christmas Eve 1801, in the village of Cambourn
