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skunkworks

Syllabification: (skunk·works)
Pronunciation: /ˈskəNGkˌwərks/

(also skunk works)
Definition of skunkworks

noun

[usually treated as singular] informal
  • an experimental laboratory or department of a company or institution, typically smaller than and independent of its main research division.

Origin:

1970s: allegedly from an association with the Skonk Works, an illegal still in the Li'l Abner comic strip

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