di ex machinis

Noun

 * 1) * 1969: Harold H. Kolb, The Illusion of Life: American Realism as a Literary Form, page 107 (University Press of Virginia)
 * They do not depend on external circumstances, implausible natural events, startling coincidences, and the other di ex machinis that stalk mechanically through much romantic fiction.
 * 1) * 1976: Art Byrne and Seán McMahon, Faces of the West, 1875–1925: A Record of Life in the West of Ireland, Photographic [and] Literary, page 33 (Appletree Press Ltd; ISBN 0904651126, 9780904651126); and reprinted in:
 * 1) * 1969: Harold H. Kolb, The Illusion of Life: American Realism as a Literary Form, page 107 (University Press of Virginia)
 * They do not depend on external circumstances, implausible natural events, startling coincidences, and the other di ex machinis that stalk mechanically through much romantic fiction.
 * 1) * 1976: Art Byrne and Seán McMahon, Faces of the West, 1875–1925: A Record of Life in the West of Ireland, Photographic [and] Literary, page 33 (Appletree Press Ltd; ISBN 0904651126, 9780904651126); and reprinted in: