If my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The stopper is anchored in place by a rubber hinge on one side of the stopper. From Wordnik.com. [Up By Your Bootstraps] Reference
Put a drain stopper in the disposal so no water can flow out through the bottom. From Wordnik.com. [Scripting News for 10/22/07 « Scripting News Annex] Reference
Sasha and Sanchez: Magic act extraordinaire - Show stopper is when Sasha pulls 22 pairs of underwear from Sanchez's pants. or. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
The bottle is shaped as a heart, and the stopper is a spear of an arrow. From Wordnik.com. [Hearty Valentine's Fragrances] Reference
Label 3 must be pasted on a bottle, having a tight-fitting stopper, which is filled one fifth full of a saturated solution of Epsom salts. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
Somehow, I doubt that Ben Griffin is a very good fit for the standard "stopper" caricature. From Wordnik.com. [Accountability] Reference
The outside of a duck call consists of two parts: the thinner "stopper" and the larger "barrel.". From Wordnik.com. [Get Quacking] Reference
"If I were going to give somebody the title of 'stopper' today," Desmond said, "I'd give it to Storen.". From Wordnik.com. [Drew Storen replaces, saves Stephen Strasburg] Reference
It is purely a negotiating ploy – a "stopper" if you like, with not the remotest prospect of getting anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [It's not rocket science] Reference
Terry, at his best, was the quintessential "stopper", snuffing out attacks with keen anticipation and rugged challenges. From Wordnik.com. [Judges have a blindspot whenever destroyers like Vidic play a blinder | Rob Bagchi] Reference
Even at his old age he's still a better defender than our "stopper" Keith Bogans. From Wordnik.com. [Pounding The Rock] Reference
And their goaltender looks to be the kind of stopper who plays better in front of a lot of action. From Wordnik.com. [Sportsfrog.com] Reference
It also doesn't help when your defensive "stopper" is sitting on the bench in the 4th (and most of the game, really). From Wordnik.com. [Dallas Mavericks] Reference
You can also improve pacing by creating "stopper" spreads throughout the catalog using a series of planned layout template changes. From Wordnik.com. [Multichannel Merchant: This Week's Most Viewed Articles] Reference
She blocks the breathing-hole with a plug made of the ravelled vegetable fibres of the Cow-dung, a stopper which is eminently permeable. From Wordnik.com. [The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles] Reference
Gallardo is in a difficult position this year in that he is going to be counted upon to be the "stopper" of the starting 5 for the Brewers. From Wordnik.com. [Brew Crew Ball] Reference
"stopper," and was looking into the barrel, as if he were consulting some oracular spirit that he kept bottled up within it. From Wordnik.com. [The Scalp Hunters] Reference
A planned announcement this week could be the capper -- or stopper. From Wordnik.com. [The Norman Conquest] Reference
Invent a way to loosen a glass stopper stuck in the neck of a bottle. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
A syringe requires you to pull a stopper up, drawing liquid into the cylinder. From Wordnik.com. [Medicine time for kids? Ditch the kitchen spoon] Reference
She crammed the strings of her frilled nightcap between her teeth as a stopper!. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
I yanked out the stopper on Adam's drain and used it to plug up my own emotions. From Wordnik.com. [Prehistoric History] Reference
The vial must be well closed with a good cork, not glass stopper, as they become forced. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
The stopper at the tip of the plunger is black rubber, and I know rubber is spermicidal. From Wordnik.com. [What Hands Can Do] Reference
Insert a tight plug beside each strip, thus holding it fast and making the stopper watertight. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
It's a long, indulgent album, nearly 75 minutes 'worth, too much ground to cover without a single show stopper. From Wordnik.com. [Up With The Downbeat] Reference
He'd played four productive years with the Cowboys, and the Giants envisioned him being their stopper up the middle. From Wordnik.com. [Canty's Back Being Himself] Reference
NATIONAL LEAGUEPitchingRick White, Pittsburgh: His "secret pitch" could turn mediocre minor leaguer into major stopper. From Wordnik.com. [From Fantasy To Nightmare] Reference
Bartlett is an up-and-comer and, really, a fresher topic of conversation — but he could also be a conversation stopper. From Wordnik.com. [All-Star? Sez Who?] Reference
In the morning, we removed a stopper from the bottom of the bucket, and the coffee dripped through a filter into a glass carafe. From Wordnik.com. [Why Making Iced Coffee at Home Is Such a Grind] Reference
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