tinnies

Most residents have aluminum boats called "tinnies," and I'm told it's only the elderly who use the Postman to get around.

Sydney 2009

Army reservists Brad Gillam, Rob Meharg and Chris Taylor used an estimated 8000 FourX Gold "tinnies", glued together with more than a dozen cartons of silicone, to build the boat after lamenting the lack of fishing spots near their hometown of Toowoomba 12 months ago.

Beer Can Boat Completes Journey | Impact Lab 2007

Howard, the prime minister of Australia, enjoyed a couple of "tinnies" in 2004.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

Canned beers, AKA "tinnies", has also proved popular with Aussie readers.

News 2009

Canned beers, AKA "tinnies", has also proved popular with Aussie readers.

News 2009

Canned beers, AKA "tinnies", has also proved popular with Aussie readers.

News 2009

Option D: Piss & moan about 4 days in a small open boat with pretty much constant drizzle with refreshing spells of heavy Fkn rain, dealing with Klietus halfwits in clapped out tinnies or new money fckwits in flash fibreglass offshore jobbies that get wet 3 times a year.

Cheeseburger Gothic » Sweet jeebus, lookit this mess! 2009

Although, if the police wanted to “reach out” to my particular immigrant community, then issuing officers flip-flops (as you insist on calling them here), slapping pink zinc on their noses, and having a barbie with free tinnies would be be acceptable.

Islam? Yes. Gay? Yes. British? No, Oh, OK then. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

I did at least bring some celebratory G&T tinnies from M&S, to discreetly swig while the cleaners weren't looking, so we can share those.

The Ashes 2010: Australia v England - day four as it happened 2010

And, probably don't have the riding skillz to get home from the shops with a carton of tinnies under the arm while eating a meat pie.

Midnight Oil: How Can We Sleep When Our Beds Are Burning? BikeSnobNYC 2010