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View synonyms for church key

church key

noun

Slang.
  1. a small metal can opener having a sharp triangular pointed end for punching holes in the top of a beverage can, as of beer.



church key

noun

  1. a device with a triangular point at one end for making holes in the tops of cans

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of church key1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

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Those cans were heavy, and required what came to be known as a “church key” to open them.

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The pie makes my mouth dry and I think I’ll have a nice drink of ginger ale till I realize you have to have some class of a church key to lift off the cap.

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Plenty of imagery is visible, including larger-than-life-size workshop tools, gardening implements, nooses, church keys and money bags, along with crows, snakes, chalices, picture frames and sailboats.

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I failed at that, too; another reason to pull out the church keys, as we sometimes called beer openers.

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I was hoping to convert him on our quick trip through the land of church keys and beer steins.

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