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
It is as if we tried to solve a mathematical problem by mauling the book with a tin-opener.
From The Practice of Autosuggestion by Coué, Emile
All right," said Priscilla, "if you'd rather not have it used I'll go and try to stick Brannigan for the loan of a tin-opener.
From Priscilla's Spies by Birmingham, George A.
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