stopple
Example Sentences
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“I have turned the stopple; I could not help it,” he said.
From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah
You may at first stop it so, that the strong working may throw out the stopple, and yet keep it close, till it work strongly.
From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne
Unstopple, un-stop′l, v.t. to remove a stopple from.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
He pounces upon the decanter, pulls out the stopple, and applies his nose to the mouth.
From Evening Dress Farce by Howells, William Dean
The heat will cause the oil to run down between the stopple and mouth.
