Meanings of working machines in English

We are too apt to regard those who serve us as mere working machines.

The polling place opened with only three working machines.

In bobbin net making; men working machines, 18s.

The ship was huge, with more than a dozen different decks, all full of working machines.

But they are near-perfect working machines.

Planers, Moulding Machines, Mortisers and Borers, Tenoning Machines, Blind Rabbeting Machines; also, a large variety of other wood working machines, manufactured by

We deal with them too often as if they were mere working machines, and grow impatient if they show signs of pain, weariness, or irritation.