Stem-winder
Stem"-wind`er
(?), n. 1. A stem-winding watch. [Colloq.][1913 Webster]
2. Hence:
(Fig.) Anything of superior quality, as was attributed to the stem-winding watch; -- esp. used to describe a stirring speech, as in the phrase "a
stem-winder of a speech" or "delivered a
stem-winder".
[PJC]
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