Set-ups (was "Boilermakers")

A. Vine avine at ENG.SUN.COM
Mon Apr 3 18:01:22 UTC 2000


Bob Haas wrote:
>
> Oh, yeah, church key.  I've gotten those some puzzled looks.  I cannot for
> the life of me remember where I picked up the usage.
>
> > From: James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM>
> > Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 09:21:41 -0700
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Set-ups (was "Boilermakers")
> >
> > How about 'church key' for can-opener?  I said this to
> > a woman - a drinker - in her 20's and got a look of
> > total puzzlement.

Well, what else do you call the specific type of can opener that has a triangler
puncture on one side and a rounded prying edge on the other?



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