tinker tailor grass

== English == === Etymology === From its use in counting or choosing games, especially those used to divine the profession of a future sweetheart ("tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor…"). === Noun === tinker tailor grass (countable and uncountable, plural tinker tailor grasses) (regional) Any of several types of grass-like plant having individual ears or seeds, especially ryegrass (genus Lolium), or ribwort plantain (genus Plantago).