waiter's friend

noun

A type of corkscrew having a folding design and including a small blade resembling a pocketknife

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waiter's knife
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Meanings

nounwaiter's friend (plural waiter's friends or waiters' friends)

plural waiter's friends · plural waiters' friends

  1. A type of corkscrew having a folding design and including a small blade resembling a pocketknife

    When I ask the smiling African Frenchman behind the till how I get my wine opened, he hands me a waiter's friend.

    2006, Stephen Downes, Paris on a Plate, page 136

    Synonyms: waiter's knife

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA type of corkscrew having a folding design and including a small blade resembling a pocketknife

Similar
waiter's knife
Also see
waiter's knife
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APA

waiter's friend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waiter's%20friend

MLA

“waiter's friend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waiter's%20friend. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waiter's friend,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waiter's%20friend.

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