orphan-crushing machines

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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of orphan-crushing machine
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