square tin

British  

noun

1. a medium-sized loaf having a crusty top, baked in a tin with a square base

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Example Sentences

When Byron died of fever at Missolonghi, he left behind not only his great-lover reputation, but a plain, square, tin box with part of the evidence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tube cultivations are usually packed in the incubator in small tin cylinders, such as those in which American cigarettes are sold, or in square tin boxes.

From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by Eyre, J. W. H. (John William Henry)

The dimensions of the package had been considerably lessened when, all the outer wrappings thrown aside, there was revealed a large square tin box.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Boyd, Mary Stuart

Searching about the littered yard she found a square tin, such as the ranchers use to carry coal-oil.

From The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West by Stead, Robert J. C.

His nuts were contained in a square tin box, having two compartments, one for the nuts, and another for maple sugar, which he sells in small cakes.

From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 1 by Hawthorne, Nathaniel