tin-opener
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Cyril contributed lead soldiers, a cannon, a catapult, a tin-opener, a tie-clip, and a tennis ball, and a padlock—no key.
From The Story of the Amulet by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
He came dripping into the Slowcoach and asked for his supper; but Horace was still hunting for the tin-opener.
From The Slowcoach by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
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