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Heath Robinsons

Heath Robinsons is the plural of Heath Robinson.

Meaning of Heath Robinson

Noun

Heath Robinson (plural Heath Robinsons)

  1. (UK, attributive) Anything ingenious (and often complex) but absurdly impractical or even useless.
    • Among the many Heath Robinson contraptions he devised were the Light Vessels (the Sun and the Moon) which would ferry the rescued Light-Particles back to their land of origin along the Milky Way.1998, Samuel Lieu, Manichaeism in Central Asia and China, →ISBN, page 16

Questions about Heath Robinsons

What is Heath Robinsons the plural of?
Heath Robinsons is the plural of Heath Robinson.

Words near Heath Robinsons in the dictionary

  1. heath pea
  2. heath peas
  3. Heath Robinson
  4. Heath Robinsonesque
  5. Heath Robinsonian
  6. Heath Robinsons
  7. heath rush
  8. heath spotted orchid
  9. heath spotted orchids
  10. heath star moss
  11. Heath Town

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