winder : Idioms & Phrases

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stem-winder

  • noun a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem
WordNet
Stem"-wind`er noun
Definitions
  1. A stem-winding watch. Colloq. 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 as stem-winder".
Webster 1913

Wool winder

  • a person employed to wind, or make up, wool into bundles to be packed for sale.
Webster 1913