tin lid

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Noun

tin lid (plural tin lids)

  1. (military slang, World War I) A tin hat.

References

  • Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech, volume 47, number 1/2, page 111