tinnie
Noun
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Noun
tinnie (plural tinnies)
- (Australia, slang) A can#Noun|can of beer.
- 2008, Peter Dragicevich, Jolyon Attwooll, Sydney, Lonely Planet, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Idl4lIPFz3AC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=%22tinnie%22|%22tinnies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=e7ZN5u98zR&sig=JPaLvpROQ7h6RmK5FpR1TLV-qdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I7SEUOjuDIrUmAXG74GYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22tinnie%22|%22tinnies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 154],
- In a city where alcohol was once the main currency (see p23), it′s little wonder that drinking is a big part of the social fabric – whether it′s knocking back some tinnies on the beach or meeting mates at the pub.
- 2008, Peter Dragicevich, Jolyon Attwooll, Sydney, Lonely Planet, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Idl4lIPFz3AC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=%22tinnie%22|%22tinnies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=e7ZN5u98zR&sig=JPaLvpROQ7h6RmK5FpR1TLV-qdQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I7SEUOjuDIrUmAXG74GYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22tinnie%22|%22tinnies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 154],
- (Australia, slang) A small open aluminium boat.
- 2009, Rebecca Pannell, Seachange, Where Fish Fly, Susan Hosking, Rick Hosking, Rebecca Pannell, Nena Bierbaum (editors), Something Rich and Strange: Sea Changes, Beaches and the Littoral in the Antipodes, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6mQ_-ZD5xBUC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=%22tinnie%22|%22tinnies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=OePv-8xBIy&sig=A_dkfpMgBW5DE-AawXwm6RiXUN0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I7SEUOjuDIrUmAXG74GYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22tinnie%22|%22tinnies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 56],
- The miracles seem to have followed Kevin and Trevor who have remarkably travelled over fifty-eight nautical miles in little more than a tinnie, encountering all sorts of astounding natural phenomena such as enormous whales and strangely behaving sharks, bixarre star patterns and odd schools of fish.
- 2009, Rebecca Pannell, Seachange, Where Fish Fly, Susan Hosking, Rick Hosking, Rebecca Pannell, Nena Bierbaum (editors), Something Rich and Strange: Sea Changes, Beaches and the Littoral in the Antipodes, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6mQ_-ZD5xBUC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=%22tinnie%22|%22tinnies%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=OePv-8xBIy&sig=A_dkfpMgBW5DE-AawXwm6RiXUN0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I7SEUOjuDIrUmAXG74GYDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22tinnie%22|%22tinnies%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 56],
- (New Zealand, slang) Small package of drugs wrapped in foil.
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