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tin foil (iou)



tin foil noun & verb. Also tin-foil, tinfoil. LME.
[from TIN noun + FOIL noun1.]
A. noun. Tin hammered or rolled into a thin sheet. Now also, foil made of tin alloy or aluminium, used esp. for wrapping food to be cooked or stored. LME.
D. Madden A chocolate egg wrapped in brightly coloured tin foil. attrib.: D. Leavitt Walter spooned reheated gourmet frozen dinners from tin foil containers.
b. verb trans. Cover or coat with tin foil. Chiefly as tin-foiled ppl adjective. L16.