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contraption definition

con·trap·tion (kən trap′s̸hən)

noun

a device or machine regarded as strange, incomprehensible, makeshift, etc.; contrivance or gadget

Etymology: < ? con(trive) + trap, + -tion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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