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Heath-Robinson Definition


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Heath-Robinson
adj
    1. Said of a machine or device: peculiarly or ludicrously complicated and impractical in design, especially in relation to its function.
Etymology: 19c: named after William Heath Robinson (1872‐1944), the cartoonist who drew such machines.



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