"unstopper" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unstoppers [present, singular, third-person], unstoppering [participle, present], unstoppered [participle, past], unstoppered [past]
Etymology: From un- + stopper. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|stopper}} un- + stopper Head templates: {{en-verb}} unstopper (third-person singular simple present unstoppers, present participle unstoppering, simple past and past participle unstoppered)
  1. (transitive) To remove the stopper from. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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          "text": "In vials of ivory and coloured glass / Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, / Unguent, powdered, or liquid— […]",
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