"iron chink" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: iron chinks [plural]
Etymology: Named by the inventor, Edmund A. Smith, from Chink (“a Chinese person”), as it replaced labor previously done by Chinese immigrants. Head templates: {{en-noun}} iron chink (plural iron chinks)
  1. An automated machine that processes fish for canning. Categories (topical): Machines
    Sense id: en-iron_chink-en-noun-wvCWZjJ2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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