tinny house
noun NZ informal
A house where cannabis is for sale: he’d ring round the local tinny house a half hour before the cops went in...
- Police said they have carried out 36 searches of tinny houses in the last two weeks.
- The supply is from tinny houses, where young people buying cannabis are introduced to even more dangerous substances.
- There is an urgent need for us to focus on tagging, vandal damage, and tinny houses.
Origin
1990s: from tinny in the NZ sense 'a portion of cannabis wrapped in tin foil' + house.