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Adj: An invention, machine or process that is makeshift, fragile, poorly engineered or overly elaborate. William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was a British Cartoonist well known for humourous illustrations of fantasical inventions involving large numbers of components, often in order to acheive a very simple purpose.
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