Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To open, as a bottle, by taking out the stopper.
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Examples
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Invite them all to dine and then unstopper this jug at the banquet?
Conan the Relentless Green, Roland 1992
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So now I used tongs to unstopper the bottle and slide the fran-tic out onto the table, where I had a little circle of slowsand.
Question Quest Anthony, Piers 1991
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So now I used tongs to unstopper the bottle and slide the fran-tic out onto the table, where I had a little circle of slowsand.
Question Quest Anthony, Piers 1991
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Yagbo was unstopper-ing a flask, bent on pouring its contents into the
Night Arrant Gygax, Gary 1987
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He was trying to unstopper one of his little vials, but the tentacles were wrapping about him faster than the stopper was coming loose.
The Source of Magic Anthony, Piers 1979
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"Better unstopper him and take off the bandages," says I.
Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907
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When the coffee has stopped flowing, carefully unstopper the flask and raise the filter assembly tube.
MAKE Magazine 2010
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When the coffee has stopped flowing, carefully unstopper the flask and raise the filter assembly tube.
MAKE Magazine 2010
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Did the unstopper continually check to be sure that sleeping people and animals, especially birds, were still breathing?
Latest Articles Packham 2009
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