...its innards hummed and buzzed, clicked and purred, whizzed and clacked and whirred, and made other annoying clockworky noises...
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...its innards hummed and buzzed, clicked and purred, whizzed and clacked and whirred, and made other annoying clockworky noises...
Source: wiktionary
He had cleared it of springs, tubes, coils and clockworky bits for the occasion.
Source: wiktionary
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