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upperworks en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From upper + works.

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) superstructure
   • 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. 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
2. (plural, plural-only, slang) head; brains