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What does clockwork mean?

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Noun
  1. A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.
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Everything ran like clockwork for the Irish fivesome who had to quickly move on to launches in Belfast, Edinburgh, Manchester and London.
If you doubt the power of the aesthetics of clockwork, look at the prices in a smart watchmaker's shop.
Once a year, like clockwork, the Old Delhi dam is opened, flooding the dry riverbeds.
You couldn't always expect things to go smoothly like clockwork, but he did.
Inventor Trevor Baylis had spent years trying to raise finance for his wind-up clockwork radio.
The laboratory ran like clockwork and he kept a watchful eye on the welfare of his staff.

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