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tin openers

tin openers is the plural of tin opener.

Meaning of tin opener

Noun

tin opener (plural tin openers)

  1. (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.1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 6

Questions about tin openers

What is tin openers the plural of?
Tin openers is the plural of tin opener.

Words near tin openers in the dictionary

  1. tin man
  2. tin men
  3. tin mine
  4. tin mines
  5. tin opener
  6. tin openers
  7. tin ore
  8. Tin Pan Alley
  9. Tin Pan Alleyite
  10. tin penny
  11. tin pest

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