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  • noun Alternative spelling of stem-winder.

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  • where i live, stemwinder has a whole different meaning. and to see someone else add it? priceless.

    December 19, 2006

  • "Compare that prescription with a presentation Curley gave in 2004 to the Online News Association. Actually, I thought his earlier speech offered more interesting thoughts about how to deal with an uncertain future than did last evening's stem-winder."

    - CNET NewsBlog, November 2, 2007

    Great etymology of stemwinder on World Wide Words.

    November 4, 2007