wheelwork
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wheelwork
Example Sentences
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Was man made a wheelwork to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew?
From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram
There is a train of wheelwork enclosed with it in the case.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
This reply would amount to nothing in the matter of explanation; the force of the current is as much a borrowed attribute as the force of the wheelwork.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 418 Volume 17, New Series, January 3, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
Eliphaz nodded his head, whirring his wheelwork louder.
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
The awkward footsteps of this rough man have crushed to pieces the artificial wheelwork.
From Specimens of German Romance Vol. I. The Patricians by Velde, Carl Franz van der
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