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clock⋅work

[klok-wurk]
–noun
1. the mechanism of a clock.
2. any mechanism similar to that of a clock.
3. like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork.

Origin:
1620–30; clock 1 + work
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clock·work   (klŏk'wûrk')   
n.  A mechanism of geared wheels driven by a wound spring, as in a mechanical clock.
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