tinninessn.
1. Tinny quality.
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tinniness1891
1891 R. Kipling Life's Handicap ii. 37 Tinned beef of surpassing tinniness.
2. The condition of being harsh and metallic in timbre.
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1923 Daily Mail 1 Aug. 5/6 The ‘tinniness’, ‘throatiness’, and other distorting elements inherent in the majority [of loud-speakers].
1930 Punch 23 Apr. 468/1 Tinniness and sibilance have been overcome.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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