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   stem-winder

   noun

   • 1. an entertaining and rousing speech: informal "a stem-winder of a speech"
   • 2. a watch wound by turning a knob on the end of a stem. dated

   Word Origin stem-winder (sense 1) from the notion of ‘winding up’ or causing a lively reaction from those listening.

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