Sentence:  Aging but still precocious , French feline enfant terrible Francoisette Lagoon has succeeded in shocking jaded old Paris again , this time with a sexy ballet scenario called The Lascivious Interlude , the story of a nymphomaniac <WSD>trip-hammer</WSD> operator who falls hopelessly in love with a middle-aged steam shovel . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity