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Can opener   /kæn ˈoʊpənər/   Listen
Can opener

noun
1.
A device for cutting cans open.  Synonym: tin opener.






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"Can opener" Quotes from Famous Books



... His son's suspicions and a can opener | |convinced Andrew Sherrer last Saturday | |that he had been fleeced out of $500 by | |two clever manipulators of an ancient | |"get-something-for-nothing" swindle. So | |strong was the ...
— Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence - A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of - Newspaper Writing • Grant Milnor Hyde

... got's only an atmosphere flier, but it's made to take care of tougher stuff than luxury sportsters. Set up your can opener, just in case our boy wants to ...
— The Players • Everett B. Cole

... on the back. "Lord love you, pard!" he chuckled, "I'm no spring chicken. I'm as hard to open as a safe, I am. It takes a can opener to get anything ...
— Cy Whittaker's Place • Joseph C. Lincoln



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