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Noun: clockwork  'klók,wurk
  1. Any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock
    "the rocket launch went off like clockwork"

Derived forms: clockworks

Type of: mechanism

Encyclopedia: Clockwork, or All Wound Up

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