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Encased in a latex fat suit, eating foie gras by the tinful, he plays the master of suspense as a vulnerable neurotic whose great strength was his ability to mine that neurosis for his art.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2012

“Yes, we might venture upon a tinful each before starting,” said the doctor.

From The Peril Finders by Piffard, Harold

That tinful each was the first part of the meal, and declared merrily by both boys to have quite a rattle-snaky flavour.

From The Peril Finders by Piffard, Harold

"Yes; and the work has gone better than I had hoped," declared Celia, whisking a tinful of plump rolls into the oven.

From The Second Violin by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)

Just tobacco smoke, and the faint reminiscent fragrance of fried trout, and the mournful, sizzling, pungent consciousness of a camp-fire quenched for a whole year with a tinful of wet coffee grounds.

From The White Linen Nurse by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell