Upperworks

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    superstructure plural, plural-only

    "On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. [...] The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe."

  2. 2
    head; brains plural, plural-only, slang

Example

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"On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. [...] The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe."

Etymology

From upper + works.

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