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stem-winder

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stem-wind·er (stmwndr)
n.
1. A stem-winding watch.
2. A rousing oration, especially a political one.

stem-winder
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Horology) a watch wound by an expanded crown on the bar projecting outside the case, as opposed to one wound by a separate key Also called stem-winding watch
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Noun1.stem-winder - a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem
watch, ticker - a small portable timepiece


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I look forward to the day when Senator Kennedy is back on the Senate floor, giving one of his famous stem-winder speeches.
Then, the coach went into a stem-winder of a pep talk, telling the Ducks how their success reverberated far beyond Eugene, how they impacted people in ways they couldn't imagine.
The first question--or rather speech--from the audience was a stem-winder that started out expressing doubt over the possibility of change in the church and descended into a rant on the Catholic origins of civil violence around the world, the sinister immigration policy of the church, and predictably enough, the Catholic overpopulation problem.
 
 
 
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