stem-winder

noun

1. Also called: stem-winding watch. a watch wound by an expanded crown on the bar projecting outside the case, as opposed to one wound by a separate key

Example Sentences

Trump’s 90-minute-plus stem-winder went on well past midnight on the East Coast.

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But for viewers who watched the whole 92-minute stem-winder, which devolved into a meandering list of bogus claims and well-worn grievances, the lesson was that there is no New Trump.

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Some prodding and shoving with a pole in the grooves of the stem-winder made it turn round a dozen times.

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Bryan was ready with his clickbait: a stem-winder on the evils of income inequality.

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Last year, he hugged the American flag and launched into a stem-winder that lasted more than two hours.

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