Many years ago I saw a tinnie or tin of meat held in the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences in Harris St Sydney . It had not been opened and was from the Crimean War. I think that since then it has been opened to check the fat contents of the meat among other things .
It does not help us much with the origins of "tinnie"...but it is all good fun and it keeps us off the streets where we only be frightening the horses
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