Tomato Can (sports Idiom)
In boxing, kickboxing or mixed martial arts, "tomato can" or simply "tomato" or "can" is an idiom for a fighter with poor or diminished skills (at least when compared with the opponent they are placed against) who may be considered an easy opponent to defeat, or a "guaranteed win." Fights with "tomato cans" can be arranged to inflate the win total of a professional fighter.
The term can also refer to a newly minted, or "rookie" attorney, usually practicing in the Prosecutor's department of a given jurisdiction. In the legal field, the term is a neologism.
It is a reference to a Canned hunt.
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