tin can

Definition

A container, usually cylindrical, made out of sheet metal coated with tin, or (by extension) aluminum.

Example Sentences

• "As the tin can sailors started telling us what they thought of AKA sailors, which they said were inferior seamen habing to serve aboard an auxiliary vessel instead of a ship of the line;"
• "They're driving the same tin can they've had since Emma and I were in kindergarten."
• "We got a shockingly low price for it and bought a small tin-can run-around."