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Meaning of electrickery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Electricity, or the technological advances that it underpins.

humorous, uncountable

Examples

“Yez can't expect, soshallism to work hand in hand with flyin' machines, electrickery, an' all th' other various an' many infernal inventions what have come about in this age of nervous' an' high-tenshioned fackadoodalums.”
“"Why did we return to this time, Touchwood?" Catweazle asked the toad. "Why did we leave the world of electrickery?"”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

electricness Electrics electride Electrification Electrifications Electrified

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