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Meanings of ingenious device in English

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Usage of ingenious device in English
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CORPORATION, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.
The Devil's Dictionary
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At first this ingenious device seemed to offer fair prospects of success.
The War and Democracy
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What the Founders finally devised is recognized as an ingenious device when properly implemented.
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
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Gissing wondered what ingenious device of science this might be.
Where the Blue Begins
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Memory was not his strong point, hence this ingenious device.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
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But you have hit upon an ingenious device, my boy, that promises wonderful results.
The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey
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Wilson's ingenious device, the lock stitch rotating hook, was not free from corresponding faults.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887
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After much deliberation, he hits upon an ingenious device.
Tales from the Hindu Dramatists
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The net was an ingenious device, and a pretty piece of workmanship, but-itdidn't answer.
Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough'
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To set the cut during screw-cutting operations, the ingenious device shown in our engraving is provided.
Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 / ...
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This ingenious device was said to have been detected by the Spanish authorities in various places.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
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People would have looked upon it as an ingenious device but not of universal practical value.
The Book of Business Etiquette
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This ingenious device not only fails in its object, but has sometimes a directly opposite effect.
Russia
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I saw in a blacksmith's shop an ingenious device to create a perpetual draught with bellows.
Across Coveted Lands; or, a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to C...
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They had met often thus, and by the ingenious device adopted in Zillah's dress had avoided detection.
The Circassian Slave, or, the Sultan's favorite : a story of Con...
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Now this, as you can see, is an ingenious device for attacking the walls of a city.
Travels With My Aunt
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