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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Heath Robinson/hiːθˈrɒbɪnsən/

▶adjective Brit. ingeniously or ridiculously over-complicated in design or construction.

– origin early 20th cent.: named after the English cartoonist William Heath Robinson.

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