orphan crushing machine

A form of orphan-crushing machine — A notional machine representing a system or state of affairs that obviously facilitates suffering but is not acknowledged or examined, or for which no alternative is considered.

Meanings

nounorphan crushing machine (plural orphan crushing machines)

plural orphan crushing machines

  1. alternativeAlternative form of orphan-crushing machine.
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