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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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22 Moby Thesaurus words for "contraption":
apparatus, contrivance, device, gadget, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo,
hand tool, implement, instrument, means, mechanical device,
mechanism, power tool, precision tool, speed tool, thingumabob,
thingumajig, thingummy, tool, utensil, widget
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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