"Tinnie" is the common term for a commemorative medal made from a non-precious metal such as zinc or tin (or even plastic) and with provisions for being attached to a garment and displayed while worn.
[3] Short for tin-arse, "tinny" is also used in Australia and New Zealand to mean "lucky", where an in individual should have met with bad circumstances but has avoided them through sheer luck.
In the United States, a "tinnie" refers to a piece of tin foil that is made into a smoking device, most often for cannabis.
"[citation needed] "Tinny" is also a term for audio which lacks resonance, resembling a piece of tin being struck.
In the Scots dialect of the town of Bathgate, West Lothian, "Tinnie" often refers to an aluminium can of Tennent's Lager.