iron chink

noun

An automated machine that processes fish for canning.

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Meanings

nouniron chink (plural iron chinks)

plural iron chinks

  1. offensiveAn automated machine that processes fish for canning.

Origin

Named by the inventor, Edmund A. Smith, from Chink (“a Chinese person”), as it replaced labor previously done by Chinese immigrants.

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APA

iron chink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iron%20chink

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“iron chink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iron%20chink. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iron chink,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iron%20chink.

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