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Meaning of CLOCKWORK

Pronunciation:  'klâk`wurk

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock
 
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 See Also: mainspring, mechanism

 

 

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Clockwork
Long ago in Germany, a storyteller spins a spine-tingling tale to cheer up Karl, the apprentice clock maker. But rather than helping matters, the story begins to come true.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Clock"work`\ (-w[^u]rk`), n.
The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a
clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
 

 

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