Hai cercato la traduzione di tripoteux da Francese a Inglese

c'est un «tripoteux».
he's a tinkerer.

ce fut peut-être le moment le plus américain de ma vie en france, qui était alors le pays de milliers de tripoteurs arrogants; je portais trois pamplemousses, un achat précieux pour mes petits fonds, et j’ai jeté ces pamplemousses, l’un après l’autre, comme des balles de baseball contre le sale type et j’ai eu la satisfaction de le voir filer dans la nuit.
it was perhaps my most american moment in france, then the land of a thousand disdainful gropers; american because i was carrying three grapefruits, a precious purchase from my small collection of funds, and i threw those grapefruits, one after another, like baseballs at the creep and had the satisfaction of watching him scuttle into the night.