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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -stem-winding-, *stem-winding*, stem-wind
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Stem-winding

a. Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stem-winder

n. 1. A stem-winding watch. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: (Fig.) Anything of superior quality, as was attributed to the stem-winding watch; -- esp. used to describe a stirring speech, as in the phrase “a stem-winder of a speech” or “delivered a stem-winder”. [ PJC ]

English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
stem-winder(n) นาฬิกาไขลาน

WordNet (3.0)
stem-winder(n) a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Stem-winder

n. 1. A stem-winding watch. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: (Fig.) Anything of superior quality, as was attributed to the stem-winding watch; -- esp. used to describe a stirring speech, as in the phrase “a stem-winder of a speech” or “delivered a stem-winder”. [ PJC ]

Stem-winding

a. Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

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