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tinny
CIDE DICTIONARY
tinny, a.
Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin. Drayton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tinny, adj. & n.
--adj. (tinnier, tinniest)
1 of or like tin.
2 (of a metal object) flimsy, insubstantial.
3 a sounding like struck tin. b (of reproduced sound) thin and metallic, lacking low frequencies.
4 Austral. sl. lucky.
--n. (also tinnie) (pl. -ies) Austral. sl. a can of beer.
--adj. (tinnier, tinniest)
1 of or like tin.
2 (of a metal object) flimsy, insubstantial.
3 a sounding like struck tin. b (of reproduced sound) thin and metallic, lacking low frequencies.
4 Austral. sl. lucky.
--n. (also tinnie) (pl. -ies) Austral. sl. a can of beer.
Derivative
tinnily adv. tinniness n.
THESAURUS
tinny
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