English Explanatory Dictionary

iron chink

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An automated machine that processes fish for canning.

Word forms

iron chink iron chinks

Etymology

Named by the inventor, Edmund A. Smith, from Chink (“a Chinese person”), as it replaced labor previously done by Chinese immigrants.

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