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pop-top

[pop-top]
–adjective
1. (of a can) having a top with a tab or ring that when pulled up or off exposes a precut hole or peels off the entire lid.
–noun
2. Also, pop top. a can having such a top: drinking beer from a pop-top.
3. the top itself.
4. the tab or ring fastener, esp. when removed from such a can: a vest made entirely of pop-tops.
Also called pull-top, flip-top.


Origin:
1965–70, Americanism
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pop-top   (pŏp'tŏp')
n.  
  1. The tab of a container that can be pulled off to make an opening.

  2. A container having such a tab.

adj.  Having a tab that can be pulled up or off to make an opening in a container: pop-top beer cans.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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