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winders

  • plural
    of winder.
    winder
    noun
    a person or thing that winds.

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“Believe me when I say that they are artists,” Anthony Allard, head of North America for Hitachi Energy, said of winders.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

To avoid clutter, buy cord winders, tubing, or an organizer to “tame the cord jungle,” HGTV.com says.

From Seattle Times Nov. 10, 2020

Sen. John Boozman is known as a soft-spoken man given more to quietly sharing jokes about his days as a Razorbacks football player than memorable stem winders or full-throated, rallying speeches.

From Washington Times Oct. 15, 2016

A sign pointed the way to the “Gent’s Toilet”; antique fire pails hung at the ends of each row of yarn winders.

From The New Yorker Aug. 11, 2016

Spirals and winders made him that waspish as I took good care to make myself particularly wanted somewhere else than at the bridge at which he was busy when he had to do them.

From Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised upon Public Works by John Henry Newman

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