('chiefly US') “What didn't you like about my poem?” “Well, 'for openers' [='for starters'], I hated the title.”
This game will be the season 'opener' [=the first game of the season] for both teams.
She began by asking what we'd done with her money. And that was just 'for openers'!
(..) you understand? You don't count the this and the this. Hit me. You got showing! Hit me again. l want another card. Scanlon. who's pitching the opener? Medication time. This isn't a queen! Mac. hit me. -Who's pitching the opener? -Hit me. (..)1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest