Sc. [f. TIN sb. + -ie, -Y, dim. suff.] A small tin mug, a child’s tin.

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1825.  Jamieson, Tinnie, the small jug or porringer … used by children.

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1864.  Auld Ayr, 86. Let us have a tinny of grog.

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1906.  Scott. Chron., 6 July, 482/2. They turned up … each with his or her ‘tinnie’ well in evidence.

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