The ham was evidently tinned, and the eggs were quite black.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas
But,' says I, 'the luggage comes from the great steamship, and the great steamship comes from America, and that Government would be sending stores from America, even in these days of tinned meats, is what, beggin' your pardon, no person could believe that wasn't born a fool.
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch
Before the echo of the guns had died away my host was back to his tinned peaches again.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell