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': | |
| Definitions include: a general insult. | |
| Definitions include: two drinks: one for each hand. | |
| Definitions include: a six-pack of beer. | |
| Definitions include: an unfinished beer, left to get warm. | |
| Definitions include: an alcoholic drink before going to bed. | |
| Definitions include: a drink of alcohol in the morning - of the same type one was drinking the previous night - to ward off or stop a hangover. | |
| Definitions include: an abandoned, partially consumed alcoholic beverage. | |
| Definitions include: home-made alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: liquor. | |
| Definitions include: cheap alcohol. | |
| Definitions include: a "gin and tonic" drink. | |
| Definitions include: an alcoholic beverage. | |
| Definitions include: light beer. | |
| Definitions include: a "Long Island Ice Tea" (also called a "Long Island Iced Tea") which is a strong alcoholic mixed drink. | |
| Definitions include: Olympia brand beer. | |
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Other terms relating to 'tin': | |
| Definitions include: to work as advertised. | |
| Definitions include: quickly. | |
| Definitions include: rhyming slang for "kid". | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: rhyming slang for mate. | |
| Definitions include: as advertised. | |
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