Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iron chink

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: iron chink
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An automated machine that processes fish for canning.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

iron chinks (plural)

Questions

What does iron chink mean?: An automated machine that processes fish for canning.
Where does iron chink come from?: 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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