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waiters' friends

waiters' friends is the plural of waiter's friend.

Meaning of waiter's friend

Noun

waiter's friend (plural waiter's friends or waiters' friends)

  1. A type of corkscrew having a folding design and including a small blade resembling a pocketknife
    • When I ask the smiling African Frenchman behind the till how I get my wine opened, he hands me a waiter's friend.2006, Stephen Downes, Paris on a Plate, page 136
    Synonyms:
    waiter's knife

Questions about waiters' friends

What is waiters' friends the plural of?
Waiters' friends is the plural of waiter's friend.

Words near waiters' friends in the dictionary

  1. waiterish
  2. waiterless
  3. waiterlike
  4. waiterly
  5. waiters
  6. waiters' friends
  7. waiters' knives
  8. Waiterses
  9. waitership
  10. waiterships
  11. waites

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