Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A can or bottle opener having a usually triangular head.
Wiktionary
- n. A can opener having a triangular tip that pierces the can.
WordNet 3.0
- n. can opener that has a triangular pointed end that pierces the tops of cans
Examples
“‘You gave evidence yesterday at the inquest on Mr Michael Harsch, during which you stated that, having used your church key on Tuesday morning, you put it back in the top left-hand drawer of Miss Fell’s bureau, and that you did not go to the church again.’”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘church key’.
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Visuals
A list of words which yield surprising, beautiful, amusing, or otherwise noteworthy images here on Wordnik.
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Pop Culture
Comic strip character names and words, along with modern slang oddities.
rowrbazzle, pogo, rhinocerwurst, bitchin', cowabunga, joe btfsplk, churchy la femme, howland owl, porky pine, miss mamselle hep..., shmoo, unobtanium and 390 more...
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Conversations for the Ages
A list of words that have fascinating conversations on them. Or just, you know, really funny ones. If I missed any, I hope someone will let me know...
Also see a few other Wordizens' l...misuse, slough of despond, drinking problem, sausage fest, vergerhade, baromets, todal, googlewhack, quetzalcoatl, cheesewa, cheesois, absinthe and 187 more...
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smock, smock, smock!
things that are just fun to say
trivet, onomatopoeia, whippersnapper, grout, smock, smirk, kibosh, fracas, gaggle, denizen, smorgasbord, soliloquy and 104 more...
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utensil strength
sieve, colander, whisk, chinoise, spatula, fork, spork, runcible spoon, tong, mandoline, crockery, ladle and 28 more...
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Idle Chatter
Ok, I'm changing this one to an in-between list for Conversations and Chit Chat. We just have too much fun. :)
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for church key.
fbharjo an opener of spirits???? Oct 12, 2007
uselessness I feel edified. Thank you.
I also fully understood what you were trying to say. I guess that post needed a }^P for lack of facial sarcasm vibes. May 22, 2007
jennarenn For your edification: I was associating "dropping like flies" (connoting lots of people) with the literal death that a fly would meet on a frog's tongue which I associated with the phrase "you're killing me". So, a backwards way of saying I appreciated the joke. I guess that post needed a ;) for lack normal auditory cues.
May 22, 2007
uselessness Maybe I have a fundamental misunderstanding of how adhesion works, but I would expect those flies probably aren't dropping terribly far. Or was that the point? You sure have an interesting way of complimenting folks. May 22, 2007
jennarenn Kill you? Wordies are dropping like flies stuck to a frog's tongue. It ain't pretty. May 22, 2007
uselessness Nothing. Don't even try. It would be useless.
Get it, useless? I kill me... May 22, 2007
jennarenn u, what are we *ever* going to do with you? May 22, 2007
uselessness Oh... kids today! Don't even know what a church key is! May 22, 2007
oroboros AND a can opener--especially beer cans. (See Urban Dictionary link) May 22, 2007
trivet A bottle opener (see here). May 22, 2007
uselessness A shame, really. It will be a loss.
(Umm... what's a church key?) May 22, 2007
oroboros I suppose the time is coming when nobody will know what this refers to (other than a an *actual* church key, that is)! Everything is pull-tab and twist-top these days. May 22, 2007