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126: 29: 134: 234:, where it has been used extensively to advertise Australian and Australia-themed lagers over many years. Although most "tinnies" in Australasia (and across the world) are actually now made of aluminium, the older term is still used generically across the region to refer to all cans of beer; not just those made of tin. 280:
Colloquially meaning a game in which a group of people jump on top of each other to form a pile, like sardines in a tin. The game is initiated by an individual shouting "Tinnies", then lying face down to allow other players to lie on top, forming the pile. This game is also known by the names
172:(or even plastic) and with provisions for being attached to a garment and displayed while worn. Such medals were commonly sold or given away at public events to build group cohesiveness or to lend prestige to the wearer. The "golden age of the tinnie" was 287:
The phrase is also referenced in the Monty Python sketch "Woody and Tinny Words" where Graham Chapman describes various seemingly-random words as being "tinny" or "woody" with the former utterance inducing great discomfort in his daughter.
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Short for tin-arse, "tinny" is also used in Australia and New Zealand to mean "lucky", where an in individual should have met with bad circumstances but has avoided them through sheer luck. A common phrase would be "he's a tinny bastard".
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were among the most prolific disbursers of them. They are avidly collected today by hobbyists and, although usually inexpensive to obtain, are often collected in conjunction with coins,
262:, a "tinnie" refers to a piece of tin foil that is made into a smoking device, most often for cannabis. It is used when nothing else of use can be found. 255:, a small town just north of Kingaroy in south-east Queensland, Australia, is also often referred to as "Tinny", e.g. the "Tinny Pub". 112: 392: 189: 50: 125: 211:
may be available as well. In recent years the term has become not unusual in New Zealand court judgments involving the
93: 360: 65: 39: 316: 212: 72: 335: 46: 17: 79: 61: 284:"Tinny" is also a term for audio which lacks resonance, resembling a piece of tin being struck. 296: 208: 200: 377: 386: 259: 245:"tinny" or "tinnie" is also commonly used as slang for a small open aluminium boat. 86: 173: 149:
has a variety of meanings, generally derived from some association with the metal
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Other uses cover certain German medals or shops selling aluminium products.
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For other uses of "Tinnie" or "Tinny (disambiguation)|Tinny", see
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and other related small stamped or cast metal objects.
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New Zealand magazine article about a 2001 drug bust
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