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contraptious

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con⋅trap⋅tion

[kuhn-trap-shuhn]
–noun Informal.
a mechanical contrivance; gadget; device.

Origin:
1815–25; perh. contr(ivance) + (ad)aption, var. of adaptation


con⋅trap⋅tious, adjective
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