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long-stemmed

[ lawng-stemd, long- ]

adjective

  1. having a long stem or stems:

    long-stemmed roses.

  2. long-legged and slender:

    long-stemmed chorus girls.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of long-stemmed1

First recorded in 1855–60

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Example Sentences

But most hosts wield long-stemmed microphones in their left hand and vote with their right.

As it was, the three were lolling in lazy attitudes, smoking their long-stemmed pipes and talking in a disjointed fashion.

The long-stemmed pipe was reverently lifted from the sacred ground which is its resting-place.

I used to sit in one of the coffee-houses and drink coffee or tea and smoke the long-stemmed water-pipe, the narghile.

The host, in his old brown dressing-gown, sat with his slippered feet up on the table, and puffed at his long-stemmed pipe.

In one corner a group of dark foreign looking people in bright costumes sat smoking long-stemmed pipes and sipping tea.

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