Definition of Tin opener

1. Noun. A device for cutting cans open.

Exact synonyms: Can Opener
Specialized synonyms: Church Key
Generic synonyms: Opener

Definition of Tin opener

1. Noun. (British) a can opener ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tin Opener

tin bath
tin can
tin cans
tin compounds
tin cries
tin cry
tin disease
tin dog
tin ear
tin fluorides
tin foil
tin god
tin hat
tin knocker
tin men
tin opener (current term)
tin openers
tin oxide
tin pest
tin plague
tin plate
tin plates
tin polyphosphates
tin pyrites
tin radioisotopes
tin sandwich
tin sandwiches
tin snips
tin soldier
tin soldiers

Literary usage of Tin opener

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. John Ayscough's Letters to His Mother During 1914, 1915, and 1916 by John Ayscough (1919)
"The point for the soldier is that it needs no tin-opener, and that the part not used at first opening doesn't get spoiled or dirtied, nor does it grease ..."

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