tin opener

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tin opener

noun tin openers · tin-opener · tinopener

Australia, New Zealand, UK a 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.

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@misc{tin_opener_2026,
  title = {tin opener},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tin%20opener},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}