Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tinker to evers to chance

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English

Syllables: tin-ker -to ev-er-s -to chance
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A famous baseball infield double-play combination.

noun

A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamwork.

American usage

Example Sentences

"The sonarman picks up the enemy, shoots the position to the radar controller sitting near him, and the radar controller, in a Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance play, vectors a hovering helicopter to the spot."
"It was like Tinker to Evers to Chance. Colson-Chance then flipped the good news to Hugh Scott, who read Mrs. Beard's denial on the Senate floor that same day."
"When it comes to computers, though, systems integration is too often more reminiscent of the Keystone Kops than Tinker to Evers to Chance."
"Prothrombin-to-thrombin-to-fibrin had a Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance simplicity that was 100 percent American in some way."
"Spiegel caught the names Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg, whom he gathered were a kind of upscale Tinker to Evers to Chance."
"... a financial Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance operation involving Bankers Life and Casualty, plus an old company called Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association, ...."

Etymology

A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

Tinker to Evans to Chance (alternative)

Phrases

hot potato

Frequently Paired Words

hot potato

Questions

What does tinker to evers to chance mean?: A famous baseball infield double-play combination.
Where does tinker to evers to chance come from?: A reference to a double play completed by Chicago Cubs shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance, famously eulogized in a poem.

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