waiter's friend

English

A waiter's friend

Noun

waiter's friend (plural waiter's friends or waiters' friends)

1. A type of corkscrew having a folding design and including a small blade resembling a pocketknife

   Synonym: waiter's knife

   • 2006, Stephen Downes, Paris on a Plate, page 136:

     When I ask the smiling African Frenchman behind the till how I get my wine opened, he hands me a waiter's friend.