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noun
- A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
- (card games) The player who starts the betting.
- (card games) (in plural openers) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
- (theater) The first act in a variety show.
- (cricket) A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
- (colloquial) The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
Translations: (trans-top, device that opens something)
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tin-/can-opener
See tin-opener/can-opener
bottle-opener
See bottle opener
(trans-top, player who starts the betting)
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(trans-top, openers: cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting)
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(trans-top, first act in a variety show)
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(trans-top, batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings)
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Etymology: From open + -er.
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