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- noun Australia, slang A
can ofbeer . - noun Australia, slang A small open aluminium
boat . - noun New Zealand, slang Small package of
drugs wrapped infoil .
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Examples
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By then, the only way out was in the "tinnie" - a small aluminium boat usually reserved for fishing on the nearby Fitzroy River.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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By then, the only way out was in the "tinnie" - a small aluminium boat usually reserved for fishing on the nearby Fitzroy River.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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By then, the only way out was in the "tinnie" - a small aluminium boat usually reserved for fishing on the nearby Fitzroy River.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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By then, the only way out was in the "tinnie" - a small aluminium boat usually reserved for fishing on the nearby Fitzroy River.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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By then, the only way out was in the "tinnie" - a small aluminium boat usually reserved for fishing on the nearby Fitzroy River.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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By then, the only way out was in the "tinnie" - a small aluminium boat usually reserved for fishing on the nearby Fitzroy River.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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One local, out in his tinnie with what must be the world's fattest dog, waves over at us and rubs his fingers and thumbs together in the international sign for cash.
Sydney 2009
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Gavin Jowitt for The Wall Street Journal Some of the older locals use the Postman to get around, but the standard form of transportation for people living along the Hawkesbury is a "tinnie."
Slow Boat to Spencer 2009
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NBOB..y better make sure that tinnie has a lotta fuel…to get a loooong way away.
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To become True Blue you must eat a red hot pie in one hand and skink a tinnie or two of beers in the other and drive a ute your pick up trucks.
From Hankies to Hanky-Panky: Porn and Product Placement BikeSnobNYC 2008
pamelad commented on the word tinnie
can (tin) of beer
December 19, 2006
bilby commented on the word tinnie
Australian slang - a small boat made from aluminium.
Edit: also seen as tinny.
"A teenage boy has spent the night sitting in his tinny waiting to be rescued after getting into trouble on a short boat trip on the New South Wales central coast. The 16-year-old lives on a part of the Hawkesbury River not accessible by road. He took his tinny out at about 10.00pm (AEST), to pick up his sister who was finishing a shift at the Mooney Mooney Workers Club."
- Missing teen spends cold night in tinny, abc.net.au, 24 June 2009.
March 23, 2008