1853 H. Stephens II. 518/2 6 Milk tins, 2s. each.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Milk-tin, the metal vessel in which the milk is set to cream.
1907 J. London iii. 70 He took the small milk-tin and climbed down the bank.
1979 F. Iyayi vii. 93 She bought one bonga fish, three milk tins of garri, a bunch of bitter leaves and half a bottle of palm oil.