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Thread #94198 Message #1828920
Posted By: GUEST,Rowan
06-Sep-06 - 11:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins Oz word: tinny = lucky
Subject: RE: Origins Oz word: tinny = lucky
And Franklin used 'tin' cans of meat on his Northwest Passage (and, thus, last) trip, which (from faulty memory) was in the 1840s and led to a great song ("Lord Franklin") and the suspicion that lead poisoning (from the soldering to seal the tins) contributed to irrational and fatal behaviour by some of his party.
In their case, tin did not equate to either luck or money.
Cheers, Rowan