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Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  a tin can is a small aluminium fishing boat

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Do you mean a tinny?

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      are they called tinnys now 😄

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      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        They’ve been called tinnies since I’ve been born 😂

        tinny Overview Similar and opposite words Usage examples Pronunciation Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more adjective 1. having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound. “tinny music played in the background” Similar: jangling jangly jingling jingly plinky thin metallic Opposite: full round deep 2. informal•Australian lucky. “I’m what you might call tinny” nouninformal•Australian 1. a can of beer. “let’s crack open a tinny, mate” 2. a small boat with an aluminium hull.

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      • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yes. Have been for aaages. Tin cans are submarines.

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