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canslaw

canslaw noun: pieces of shredded aluminium cans that may trigger a metal detector.

Noun

canslaw (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Pieces of shredded aluminium cans that may trigger a metal detector.

Origin of canslaw

Blend of can + coleslaw.

Questions about canslaw

What does canslaw mean?
Canslaw means pieces of shredded aluminium cans that may trigger a metal detector.
What part of speech is canslaw?
Canslaw is a noun.

Words near canslaw in the dictionary

  1. Cansick
  2. Cansicks
  3. Cansilayan
  4. Cansino
  5. Cansinos
  6. canslaw
  7. Cansler
  8. Canslers
  9. canso
  10. CANSOFCOM
  11. cansos

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