a writer with a 'tin ear' for dialogue [=who writes dialogue that does not sound real]
My wife is a talented musician, but I have a 'tin ear'.
a 'tin' of biscuits/tobacco
(..) They had a good life started together. She was pregnant with a little boy, birth got the best of them. Tom's been alone ever since. Lone wolf. Thanks for the tin. This shit never gets easy. That's a good haul. I've had worse. You doin' all right? Yeah. (..)2012 Mud