tin opener

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Noun

tin opener (plural tin openers)

  1. (British, Australia) a can opener.
    • 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 6:
      But I recall that those tin openers ran hot opening tin after tin of rubberised peach quarters and pulverised fruit salad to fill the "hollow legs" of an expanding population.

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