Example Sentences

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He regarded him silently a moment, then looked over his shoulder to where Old Dock huddled over the three dozen can-openers.

From The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories by Bower, B. M.

"I am going to send all of these to that hateful old Mrs. Rand," and Dum settled herself on the cushions, her lap full of can-openers.

From Vacation with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

If it weren't for the guards marching in front of the great wire fences anyone might think the place was used for manufacturing can-openers, automobile parts, any one of a thousand harmless products.

From The Observers by Vandenburg, G. L.

I sold Deming 1,237 Waterbury watches, and Blossom a car-load of can-openers.

From A Man of Samples Something about the men he met "On the Road" by Maher, William H.