winder
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dər
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Winder
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or device that winds, as an engine for hoisting the cages in a mine shaft or a device for winding the yarn in textile manufacture |
| 2. | an object, such as a bobbin, around which something is wound |
| 3. | a knob or key used to wind up a clock, watch, or similar mechanism |
| 4. | any plant that twists itself around a support |
| 5. | a step of a spiral staircase |
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Example sentences
Stem-winder somehow has more life in it, more fancy and vividness, than the literal keyless-watch.
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