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Definition of Tinful
1. as much as a tin container can hold [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinful
Literary usage of Tinful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Up the Rhine. by Thomas Hood (1840)
"Ere we had gone far, one of our longest-legged Lieutenants suddenly ran out of
the road and brought captive a boy with a tinful of hot sausages. ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Hood by Thomas Hood (1862)
"Ere we had gone far, one of our longest- legged lieutenants suddenly ran out of
the road and brought captive a boy with a tinful of hot sausages. ..."
3. A Complete History of Fairfield County, Ohio by Hervey Scott (1877)
"My mother coming to understand this, adopted the plan of producing a tinful, and
then they would always go away with half a ..."
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