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tinnies

tinnies is the plural of tinnie.

Meaning of tinnie

Noun

tinnie (plural tinnies)

  1. (Australia, slang) A can of beer.
    • Far better to send one of the girls out for a pizza and some tinnies, and then give her undivided attention when she returns.2005, Jack Leonard, Bad Altitude, page 170
  2. (Australia, slang) A small open aluminium boat.
    • The bullies laughed and whistled and the tinnie turned once more, this time racing straight towards them from the port beam, bows tilted up, spray creaming out.2003, Christopher Cummings, The Mudskipper Cup: A North Queensland Story about Navy Cadets, page 355
  3. (New Zealand, slang) A small package of drugs wrapped in foil.
    • Or swapped them for some tinnies, a bottle of El D?2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 25

Questions about tinnies

What is tinnies the plural of?
Tinnies is the plural of tinnie.

Words near tinnies in the dictionary

  1. Tinney
  2. Tinneys
  3. tinnie
  4. tinnient
  5. tinnier
  6. tinnies
  7. tinniest
  8. tinnily
  9. Tinnin
  10. tinniness
  11. tinning

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