2. U.S. Navy Slang. a destroyer.
Examples from the web for tin can
- Turn over a used tin can, such as a standard soup or vegetable can.
- Please,let's not get carried away with the virtues of the computing tin can.
- The wooden box top has a large round hole into which a sizable tin can of sugar water has been inserted.
- We even had a rudimentary shower made from a large tin can with its bottom perforated by nail holes.
- As these plates have a higher melting point than tin, the layer of tin can then be melted off and poured into ingots.
- Take hammer and nail and carefully punch a hole in the end of the tin can near the edge.
- Normally, small amounts of tin can be found in the body because of the daily exposure to small amounts in the food.
- tin can be taken into the body by eating food, drinking water, or breathing air.
- To some it resembled a tin can floating on a shingle.
- tin can lids must stay hooked to the can and be pushed down inside.
British Dictionary definitions for tin can
noun 1. a metal food container, esp when empty
Slang definitions & phrases for tin can
tin can
noun phrase - A depth charge (WWII Navy)
- A naval warship, esp a destroyer (1937+ Navy)
- A car, esp a Model T Ford (1923+)