Definition of tin

tin

noun

• badge carried by law enforcement officials.

  Show me some tin.

  • See more words with the same meaning: police badge.

  Last edited on Nov 12 1997. Submitted by Doug Clark from San Francisco, CA, USA on Nov 12 1997.

• a can of beer.

  Speaker: Would you like a drink?
  
  Response: Have you got a tin?

  • See more words with the same meaning: alcohol.

  Last edited on May 31 2004. Submitted by Matthew R. from Blackpool, United Kingdom on May 31 2004.

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Other terms relating to 'alcohol':
yack	Definitions include: to vomit.
BYOW	Definitions include: "bring your own wine".
junkst	Definitions include: cheap alcohol.
yak	Definitions include: an unattractive female, usually due to obesity.
oh be joyful	Definitions include: home-made alcohol.
wounded soldier	Definitions include: an abandoned, partially consumed alcoholic beverage.
roadie	Definitions include: an alcoholic beverage consumed "on the road" (i.e. in a vehicle.)
handle	Definitions include: a bottle of liquor that has a handle.
cris	Definitions include: Cristal.
giggle juice	Definitions include: alcohol.
high gravity	Definitions include: with high alcohol content.
night cap	Definitions include: an alcoholic drink before going to bed.
Oly	Definitions include: Olympia brand beer.
yard	Definitions include: one's home.
alcopop	Definitions include: flavored, often sweet alcoholic beverage.
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Other terms relating to 'tin':
do what it says on the tin	Definitions include: to work as advertised.
like sh*t through a tin horn	Definitions include: quickly.
tin lid	Definitions include: rhyming slang for "kid".
tin man	Definitions include: the police.
tin plate	Definitions include: rhyming slang for mate.
what it says on the tin	Definitions include: as advertised.

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