stem-winder
(hear the word here:)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=stemwi01&word=stem-winder
examples:
Stuart is a stem-winder as a defense attorney.
"In his 48-minute stem-winder Wednesday, the former president showed everyone why he's a master political communicator." — From an article by Linda Feldmann in The Christian Science Monitor, September 6, 2012
OTHER LANGUAFES:
caule-CERAULA
στέλεχος-περιέλιξης
kök saracağı
rrjedhin-dorezë e xhamave
الجذعية اللفاف
ցողունային-winder
stam-winder
zurtoin-winder
স্টেম-চাবিটি
cuống cuộn
стволови навиване на
hasta-enrolador
Enrouleur de tige
stem-winder
ღეროვანი-winder
סטעם-ווינדער
સ્ટેમ-WINDER
stængel-winder
גזע מותח
varre-Vedru
tigo-winder
幹ワインダー
batang-pukulan
gas-Winder
tallo-bobinadora
ಕಾಂಡ WINDER
tija-bobinadora
干复卷机 ( 幹複捲機 )
줄기 와인
tij-devidwar
matičnih čekrk
cilmes taurētājs
шток-маталкі
kamieninių vijurkas
staminali-mekkuk
stilk-winder
coesyn-weindiwr
őssejt-csörgőkígyó
سٹیم واانڈر
шток-моталки
ساقه پیچنده
macierzystych winder
haste-enrolador
stem Bobină
матичних мотовило
матични навивач
kmeňových navíjanie
izvornih stekel
shina-winder
stam-Winder
ก้านหมุน
தண்டு-winder
స్టెమ్ WINDER
kök-sarıcı
kmenových navíjení
stem-tagasusi
varsi-pituusleikkurin
घडी जो खूँटी घूमाने से चलती हो और जिसे चाभी देने की आवश्यकता न हो
did you know...?
The stem-winder is a watch wound by means of a stem, as opposed to the older method of winding with a key. The stem-winder was introduced to the marketplace in the late 19th century, and it wound up being such a hit with consumers that people soon turned to using the mechanism's name for exceptional people or things in general. Before "stem-winder" referred to a kind of watch, it was used in colloquial English (especially in the western part of the United States) as a word for a geared logging locomotive. Another name for such a locomotive is "corkscrew."
