"clockwork orange" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: clockwork oranges [plural]
Etymology: From the novel A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess, in which the main character is programmed to be incapable of antisocial behavior. Head templates: {{en-noun}} clockwork orange (plural clockwork oranges)
  1. A person or organism with a mechanistic morality or lack of free will. Related terms: queer as a clockwork orange
    Sense id: en-clockwork_orange-en-noun-DsXPQTBw

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