An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysismachine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
1914 July, F. Britten Austin, “The Air-Scout”, inThe Strand Magazine, volume XLVIII, London: George Newnes, Ltd.,page568:
As the aviator turned hismachine to reconnoitre in the new direction, he was surprised to see the hostile aeroplane between him and his objective.
1928, Franklin W. Dixon,The Missing Chums,Grosset & Dunlap, page 1:
"Joe, how soon will you be ready to roll?" Frank Hardy burst into the garage where his brother was working on a sleek, black-and-silver motorcycle. "Right now, if thismachine kicks over," Joe replied, putting down a wrench.
Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killingmachine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
The government has become a money-makingmachine.
Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
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The wholemachine of government ought not to bear upon the people with a weight so heavy and oppressive.
Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
Amachine politician cannot see why the straight ticket (as be and his clique of party bosses prepare it) should not be voted by every citizen belonging to that party.
2006, Jerry F. Hough,Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment, Algora Publishing→ISBN 9780875864082, page 37
In essence, therefore, the right-fork strategy of the Democrats meant an alliance of the South with the politicalmachines built on the non-Protestant immigrants in key Northeastern states.
2013, Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli,The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, fourth edition, SIU Press→ISBN 9780809331994, page 126
He was thrust into a political maelstrom for which he was ill-prepared, and yet he was, most notably, the Chicagomachine's political savior.
(historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; thedeus ex machina.
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