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单词 the devil in the horologe
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the devil in the horologe
2. Phrase. the devil in the horologe: the devil in the clock playing pranks with its works and making chaos of its time-keeping; a type of the confusion and disorder caused by a mischievous agent in any orderly system. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > disordering > one who or that which > in an orderly system
the devil in the horologe1519
a screw loose1810
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria 232 b Some for a tryfull pley the deuyll in the orlege.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giv Here is the deuill in thorologe, ye maie saie.
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. ii. sig. D.iijv What will he? M. Play the deuill in the horologe.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. Dv Martins clocke goes true, though the Diuell were in the Horologe.
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