stem-wind·er | \ ˈstem-ˌwīn-dər 
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\Definition of stem-winder
1 : a stem-winding watch
2
[from the superiority of the stem-winding watch over the older key-wound watch] : one that is first-rate of its kind especially : a stirring speech
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The first known use of stem-winder was in 1875
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