Church key (was: Set-ups (was "Boilermakers"))

[A. Maberry]

I'm not too sure it's regional either. I heard/used it in Oregon in the
50s-70s. If I remember correctly, those heavy wire bottle openers were
called church keys as well as the sharp angled ones for opening aluminum
(previously steel) cans. I would suspect that by now the term is more
generational than regional.

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Natalie Maynor wrote:

> Peter A. McGraw wrote:
>
> > No one in the "church key" thread has so far suggested that it's a regional
> > term, but in my experience it has been.
>
> > I remember it as a common term during my grad school days in Wisconsin.
>
> If it's regional, the region is pretty large.  I've heard the term in
> Mississippi for as long as I can remember.
>
> --
>  -- Natalie Maynor (maynor at ra.msstate.edu)
>