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clockwork
CIDE DICTIONARY
clockwork, n.
The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clockwork, n.
1 a mechanism like that of a mechanical clock, with a spring and gears.
2 (attrib.) a driven by clockwork. b regular, mechanical.
1 a mechanism like that of a mechanical clock, with a spring and gears.
2 (attrib.) a driven by clockwork. b regular, mechanical.
Idiom
like clockwork smoothly, regularly, automatically.
ROGET THESAURUS
clockwork
Instrument
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