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some pelicans fishing from some tin cans moored off the pier
a tin can is a small aluminium fishing boat
Do you mean a tinny?
are they called tinnys now 😄
They've been called tinnies since I've been born 😂
tinny Overview Similar and opposite words Usage examples Pronunciation Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more adjective 1. having a displeasingly thin, metallic sound. "tinny music played in the background" Similar: jangling jangly jingling jingly plinky thin metallic Opposite: full round deep 2. informal•Australian lucky. "I'm what you might call tinny" nouninformal•Australian 1. a can of beer. "let's crack open a tinny, mate" 2. a small boat with an aluminium hull.
I'm old. 😕
You're ok 😂
Yes. Have been for aaages. Tin cans are submarines.