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Meanings of stopple in anglès

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Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.

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Examples for "plug"
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Increased cash contributions to plug its pension fund is yet another problem.
The Guardian
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The new rooms will help plug Manila's chronic shortage of quality accommodation.
Reuters
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For the government, the money raised will help plug the fiscal deficit.
Reuters
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ESPN, nervous about political editorializing in an election year, pulled the plug.
Wired
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But is the rest of Europe really prepared to pull the plug?
Reuters
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The South African
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Another says, I was surprised by how well this draft stopper works.
NY Magazine
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Not infrequently one end of the handle terminated in a tobacco stopper.
Chats on Household Curios
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The seaman stationed at the stopper obeyed, and down went the anchor.
The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
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And he filled the bottle with water and put back the stopper.
Seven O'Clock Stories
Usage of stopple in anglès
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There stood the morphine bottle with the stopple out, just as Tom had left it.
Sixes and Sevens
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Up he rose once more, made a fresh stopple of hay, and corked the hole severely.
At the Back of the North Wind
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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.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened
Frequent collocations
Translations for stopple
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Stopple through the time