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con⋅trap⋅tion

  [kuhn-trap-shuhn]
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–noun Informal.
a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device.
Origin:
1815–25; perh. contr(ivance) + (ad)aption, var. of adaptation

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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