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Santa's workshop

Santa's workshop noun: the mythical structure, usually envisioned as located at the North Pole, where Santa Claus and a large number of capable elves work tirelessly and gladly year-round to produce all of the toys and other gifts to be delivered throughout the world on Christmas Day.

Noun

Santa's workshop (plural Santa's workshops)

  1. The mythical structure, usually envisioned as located at the North Pole, where Santa Claus and a large number of capable elves work tirelessly and gladly year-round to produce all of the toys and other gifts to be delivered throughout the world on Christmas Day.
  2. A fanciful replica of this structure, temporarily erected in a retail store, shopping mall, or other public venue at Christmastime as an attraction for children and parents.
  3. (broadly, idiomatic) A busy, productive large or small work environment, populated by dedicated workers.
    • Like a Santa's workshop for the rich, the huge shopping atrium was jammed with frenzied workers pushing to finish by Monday's opening.1983 February 11, Robin Herman, Laurie Johnston, “Frenzied Finish For Trump Tower Atrium”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 May 2014
    • An acid-tongued blonde who writes a legal-affairs column for the right-wing weekly Human Events, Ann Coulter . . . laughed. "There are lots of us busy elves working away in Santa's workshop."1999 February 21, Michael Isikoff, “The Right Wing Web”, in Newsweek, retrieved 15 May 2014

Synonyms of Santa's workshop

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Questions about Santa's workshop

What does Santa's workshop mean?
Santa's workshop means the mythical structure, usually envisioned as located at the North Pole, where Santa Claus and a large number of capable elves work tirelessly and gladly year-round to produce all of the toys and other gifts to be delivered throughout the world on Christmas Day.
What part of speech is Santa's workshop?
Santa's workshop is a noun.
What is the plural of Santa's workshop?
The plural of Santa's workshop is Santa's workshops.

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  4. Santa's canes
  5. Santa's grotto
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  7. Santa's workshops
  8. Santa-mas
  9. Santaana
  10. Santaanas
  11. santabarbaraite

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