stem-winder

British  

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

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Example Sentences

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

From Literature

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

From Washington Times

Last year, he walked out on stage to give a bear hug to a U.S. flag before delivering a two-hour stem-winder in which he denounced Democrats as the party of “the socialist nightmare.”

From Washington Times

Render gave a stem-winder that ended with a fiery call and response.

From The New Yorker

Spanberger was fed up, too, and gave a stem-winder of a closing argument.

From The New Yorker