tomato can
n.— «Carlos DeLeon’s one-round KO of a tomato can, who quit after a hook to the body, on the Tyson-Tony Tucker card, was not conclusive enough to showcase him as future opponent for Tyson.» —“Now Everyone Wants to Take a Shot at Foreman” by Jack Fiske San Francisco Chronicle Aug. 5, 1987. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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