Meanings
nountin opener (plural tin openers)
plural tin openers · alternative tin-opener · alternative tinopener
- AustraliaNew ZealandUKa can opener.
But I recall that those tin openers ran hot opening tin after tin of rubberised peach quarters and pulverised fruit salad to fill the "hollow legs" of an expanding population.
1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 6
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tin opener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tin%20opener
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