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   stem-winding

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   • 1. (of a speaker or speech) entertaining and rousing: informal North American "a stem-winding female preacher"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from stem-winder.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › stem-windingStem-winding Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of STEM-WINDING is wound by an inside mechanism turned by the knurled knob on the stem. How to use stem-winding in a sentence.

3. www.thefreedictionary.com › stem-windingStem-winding - definition of stem-winding by The Free Dictionary

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   1. Wound by turning an expanded crown on the stem. 2. Of, relating to, or characterized by rousing oration: "a stem-winding style that one associates with the Senate of a hundred years ago" (New Yorker). American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSTEM-WINDING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   STEM-WINDING definition: wound by turning a knurled knob at the outer end of the stem | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › stem-winderStem-winder Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   stem-wind· er ˈstem-ˌwīn-dər. 1. : a stem-winding watch. 2. [from the superiority of the stem-winding watch over the older key-wound watch] : one that is first-rate of its kind. especially : a stirring speech.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionarySTEM-WINDING definition in American English - Collins Online...

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   STEM-WINDING definition: wound by turning a knurled knob at the outer end of the stem | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English.

7. www.oed.com › dictionary › stem-winding_adjstem-winding, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

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   Meaning & use. Frequency. Factsheet. What does the adjective stem-winding mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective stem-winding. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English. Entry status.

8. en.bab.la › dictionary › englishSTEM WINDING - Definition in English - bab.la

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   stem-winding adjective (North American English, informal) (of a speaker or speech) entertaining and rousing a stem-winding female preacher word origin mid 19th century: from stem-winder