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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Skunk′ Works′, - Informal Terms[Trademark.]engineering, technical, consulting, and advisory services with respect to designing, building, equipping, and testing commercial and military aircraft and related equipment at Lockheed Martin Corporation.
n. - (usually l.c.)Also, skunk′ works′. [Slang.]an often secret experimental laboratory or facility for producing innovative products, as in the computer or aerospace field.
- after Big Barnsmell's Skonk Works, where the illicit liquor Kickapoo Joy Juice was made, in Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner 1943 for def. 1, 1965–70 for def. 2
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