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stormer

British  
/ ˈstɔːmə /

noun

  1. informal an outstanding example of its kind

    that film was a real stormer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He can help that process by putting in a stormer on Sunday.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023

Even before his magnificent try he was having a stormer.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2021

Top of our list, however, is this free-kick, a genuine Barnes stormer: it may not be the best, but it hit all the right spots.

From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2010

"Viscount Nelson has run a stormer and we'll look at the French Derby with him," O'Brien said.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2010

Ulysses again shouted to the giant, 'If any one asks who blinded you, say that it was Ulysses, Laertes' son, of Ithaca, the stormer of cities.'

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew

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