heath robinson

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Englisch - Englisch
Used in an attributive manner to describe anything ingenious but absurdly impractical
a Heath Robinson machine, system etc is very complicated in an amusing way but not at all practical (William Heath Robinson (1872-194), English humorous artist who drew pictures of very complicated machines)
heath robinson

    Silbentrennung

    Heath Rob·in·son

    Türkische aussprache

    hith räbınsın

    Aussprache

    /ˈhēᴛʜ ˈräbənsən/ /ˈhiːθ ˈrɑːbənsən/

    Etymologie

    () From the drawings by William Heath Robinson
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