2. Noun. (Australia) (slang) A small open aluminium boat. ¹
3. Noun. (New Zealand) (slang) Small package of drugs wrapped in foil. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tinnie
1. a can of beer [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinnie
Literary usage of Tinnie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daytrips Eastern Australia: 60 One Day Adventures by Car, Rail Or Bus by James Postell (2004)
"The stops listed below apply to either the party boat or small tinnie; the
selection should be ... tinnie hires start at AU $45 for a half-day in midweek, ..."
2. American Morgan Horse Register by Joseph Battell, Morgan Horse Club, Inc., New York (1905)
"2:2214; Howard L., 2:20}-2; Timbrel, 2:11%; tinnie C, Dam of John S. Heald,
2:2714; tinnie B., ... 2:26^; tinnie D., 2:27)4. CORA, got by Cottrill Morgan, ..."
3. The Whistler Journal by Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell (1921)
"Opposite hangs another of "tinnie" in the same sort of a gown only in black and
white: white front quilted and black train. ..."
4. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs (1909)
"Of these children only George Alpheus Lyon and tinnie are living at the present
time (1909). (V) George Alpheus Lyon, eldest child of Jacob and Esther ..."
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