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Definition of Slopworks
1. slopwork [n] - See also: slopwork
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slopworks
Literary usage of Slopworks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New and Complete Clock and Watchmakers' Manual by Mary Louise Booth (1877)
""We designate, under the name of slopworks, those constructions which have been
adopted in watches and clocks, to replace the chain-guards, or to regulate ..."
2. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports by United States Bureau of Manufactures (1882)
"Trains of clocks and watches. 3. Prime movers ; weights and springs; means of
rendering motive force uniform. slopworks and maintaining powere; ..."
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