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
Nobody would say the tin can was cutting-edge technology, although the more literal-minded might make that claim for the tin-opener.
From BBC
Earlier this month Bayer Leverkusen player Julian Brandt was quoted by World Soccer Magazine describing his team-mate Leon Bailey in admiring terms: "He's often our tin-opener, the guy who opens the scoring or comes up with the winner. In this sort of form, he's worth his weight in gold."
From BBC
It's then that they discover they have no tin-opener.
From The Guardian
It's a tin with a tin-opener inside the tin.
From The Guardian
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