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machine shop

noun

  1. a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.



machine shop

noun

  1. a workshop in which machine tools are operated

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of machine shop1

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
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A technician in the HRC machine shop works on an engine.

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Hampton leaves prison with a head full of scripture and plans for a self-sharpening drill, cooked up during his time in the machine shop.

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Mr Stafford, who worked at a machine shop, had also said that missing children in the news had been taken by the federal government to be trained as school shooters, according to the court papers.

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But this day, moments after departing a machine shop in WSF’s Eagle Harbor Maintenance Facility, his childhood dream of becoming an airplane pilot was complicated by his new skill.

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Whatever the initial spark, Kekuku refined and perfected the new technique, crafting a steel bar at his school’s machine shop to run over the neck of the guitar while his other hand plucked the strings.

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