stopple
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of stopple
First recorded in 1350–1400, stopple is from the Middle English word stoppel. See stop, -le
Example Sentences
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Buy a Mat, a Mil—Mat, Mat or a Hassock for your pew, A stopple for your close-stool, Or a Pesock to thrust your feet in.
From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles
“I have turned the stopple; I could not help it,” he said.
From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah
I would I could stir the stopple in the cider-barrel.
From Giles Corey, Yeoman A Play by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
If the stopple cannot be taken out with the hand at the end of this process, repeat it, and you will finally succeed by persevering in it, however firmly it may be wedged in.
From The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous
"No, I did not feel any great alarm, sister," said Pierre, smiling, "since I could not but perceive that the decanter was still full to the stopple."
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
Not one company responded, so she stoppled looking.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
I produced from my pocket a little vial, containing matches, stoppled water-tight, and told him, that, though we were upset, we should still have some dry matches; at which he stared without saying a word.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various
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