100001545578347 commented on the word clockwork
Ah, I had trouble finding the figurative definition in other dictionaries -- and Worknik had two! I was wondering what "The Clockwork Nebari" meant, precisely.
* Figuratively, any regulated system by which work is performed steadily and without confusion, as if by machinery * Marked by machine-like regularity of operation: as, a clockwork system; clockwork movements.
* Marked by machine-like regularity of operation: as, a clockwork system; clockwork movements.
September 28, 2011
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100001545578347 commented on the word clockwork
Ah, I had trouble finding the figurative definition in other dictionaries -- and Worknik had two! I was wondering what "The Clockwork Nebari" meant, precisely.
* Figuratively, any regulated system by which work is performed steadily and without confusion, as if by machinery
* Marked by machine-like regularity of operation: as, a clockwork system; clockwork movements.
September 28, 2011