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tin-opener

British  

noun

  1. a small tool for opening tins

"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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After she brought him a tin-opener and can of beans, he asked her how she thought a tin-opener worked, he said.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2021

It's a tin with a tin-opener inside the tin.

From The Guardian Aug. 3, 2012

He was a schemer with a left foot that worked as football's equivalent of the tin-opener.

From The Guardian Oct. 20, 2010

Bring me those two tins of pineapple and the tin-opener.

From Here, There and Everywhere by Hamilton, Frederick Spencer, Lord

He investigated his money-box, removing the top with a tin-opener.

From Jeremy by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

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