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(bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump" close or secure with or as if with a stopper; "She stoppered the wine bottle"; "The mothers stoppered their babies'' mouths with pacifiers" blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down |
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