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con⋅trap⋅tion
[kuh
n-trap-shuhn] 
–noun Informal.
| a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device. |
Related forms:
con⋅trap⋅tious, adjective
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| con·trap·tion (kən-trāp'shən) n. A mechanical device; a gadget. [Perhaps mock-Latinate blend of contrive and trap1.] |
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Contraption
Con*trap"tion\, n. A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully. [Colloq. or Dial.] -- Con*trap"tious, a. We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market. --F. M. Ware.
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Language Translation for : contraption
Spanish:
artefacto, artilugio,
German:
der Apparat,
Japanese:
仕掛け
contraption
1825, western England dialect, origin obscure, perhaps from con(trive) + trap, or deception.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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