| 词条 | Church key |
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A churchkey or church key is an American term for various kinds of bottle openers and can openers. EtymologyThe term in the beverage-opening sense is apparently not an old one; Merriam-Webster finds written attestation only since the 1950s.[1] Several etymological themes exist. The main one is that the ends of some bottle openers resemble the heads of large keys such as have traditionally been used to lock and unlock church doors.[2] HistoryA churchkey initially referred to a simple hand-operated device for prying the cap (called a "crown cork") off a glass bottle; this kind of closure was invented in 1892, although there is no evidence that the opener was called a "church key" at that time.[3] The shape and design of some of these openers did resemble a large simple key.[4] In 1935, beer cans with flat tops were marketed, and a device to puncture the lids was needed. The same term, "church key", came to be used for this new invention: made from a single piece of pressed metal, with a pointed end used for piercing cans — devised by D.F. Sampson[5][6] for the American Can Company, who depicted operating instructions on the cans,[7] and typically gave away free "quick and easy" openers with their beer cans.[8] See also
References1. ^{{Citation |author = Merriam-Webster |authorlink = Merriam-Webster |title = Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary |publisher = Merriam-Webster |url=http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/collegiate/ |postscript=.}} 2. ^{{Citation |author=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |authorlink=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |title=American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |edition=5th |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |url=http://ahdictionary.com/ |postscript=.}} 3. ^Churchkey 4. ^January 1980 JFO Newsletter 5. ^United States Bartenders Guild~Newsletter {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511222412/http://www.bartenderschoolofsantarosa.com/usbgnewsletter/usbg_news_date_p8.shtml |date=May 11, 2006 }} 6. ^Short History of the Beer Can (part 2) :: Streeter's Electronics :: Home of The Treasure Hunter's Gazette, BONE, and PTHHS {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720171523/http://www.streeter.org/community/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=468 |date=2011-07-20 }} 7. ^Flat Top Beer Cans {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704141656/http://www.ebeercans.com/flat-top-beer-cans.php |date=July 4, 2008 }} 8. ^Opening Instruction Cans External links{{wiktionary|church key}}
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