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Contraption   Listen
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Contraption  n.  A contrivance; a new-fangled device; used scornfully. (Colloq. or Dial.) "We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Contraption" Quotes from Famous Books



... value a thing has if one has put some effort into it. We were still as disillusioned with the country as we had been the first day, we felt as out of place on a homestead as a coyote sauntering up Fifth Avenue, we felt the tar-paper shack to be the most unhomelike contraption we had ever seen; but from the moment we began to make improvements, transforming the shack, it took on an interest for us out of all proportion to the changes we were able to make. Slowly we were making friends, learning to find space restful and reassuring instead of intimidating, ...
— Land of the Burnt Thigh • Edith Eudora Kohl



Words linked to "Contraption" :   injector, appliance, convenience, contrivance, widget, gizmo, gadget, mod con, gimbal



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