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can opener

American  

noun

can openers plural

  1. a manual device or small electric appliance for opening cans.

can-opener British  

noun

  1. another name for tin-opener

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of can opener

First recorded in 1865–70

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