skunkworks

skunkworks
skunk·works (skŭngkʹwûrks') pl.n. Slang (used with a sing. verb)
A small, loosely structured corporate research and development unit or subsidiary formed to foster innovation.
  [After Big Barnsmell's Skonk Works, where the bootleg Kickapoo Joy Juice was brewed, in the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp.]

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