Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metal ring that is pulled off the top of a can to provide an opening for drinking or pouring.
- adjective Opened by pulling a pull-tab.
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Examples
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Make a quick pull-tab label to make labelling and cleanup easy.
Label Reusable Containers With Pull-Tab Labels | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Make a quick pull-tab label to make labelling and cleanup easy.
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Make a quick pull-tab label to make labelling and cleanup easy.
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Make a quick pull-tab label to make labelling and cleanup easy.
Label Reusable Containers With Pull-Tab Labels | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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She held the metal pull-tab lightly between two fingers.
The Woman with No Skin Sarah Layden 2010
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I have never opened a banana successfully with the pull-tab method, at least not in the past few years.
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I love those, but I must be over-tired: My first though on seeing that one with the pull-tab was of those T-shirts that have arrows and say, "I'm with stupid."
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"I got your Dr Pepper ... but the pull-tab is kind of bent."
bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2005
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I have to say, God bless the animal that comes with a pull-tab.
Balticon so far shunn 2003
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I have to say, God bless the animal that comes with a pull-tab.
Balticon so far shunn 2003
vendingmachine commented on the word pull-tab
A pull-tab is a gambling ticket that is sold as a means to play a pull-tab game. The object of the ticket is to open the perforated windows on the back of the ticket and match the symbols inside the ticket to the winning combinations on the front of the ticket. The winning Pull-Tab ticket is turned in for a monetary prize. Other names for it include Break-Opens, Nevada Tickets, Cherry Bells, Lucky 7s, Pickle Cards, Instant Bingo, Bowl Games, or Popp-Opens.
June 15, 2015
vendingmachine commented on the word pull-tab
I initially thought a pull-tab hall was a place to drink beverages with a pull-tab. Not so, it's a gambling joint.
June 15, 2015
MaryW commented on the word pull-tab
See pulltab.
January 17, 2016