At a loss for words: “tinker’s dam” leads the tale to “beyond the pale”

Mickey Starling  reporter3@greenepublishing.com As I write this, America celebrated its 60th presidential inauguration, swearing in  Donald  J. Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Of course, his opponents didn’t give a tinker’s dam about the occasion. However, it provided the perfect means for introducing one of this week’s idioms lost in the annals of time. A “tinker’s dam” is slightly more complex than previous words in our illustrious series, due to havin