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Significados de contraption em inglês

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A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.

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Uso de contraption em inglês
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Sounds cool, until you actually hear the audio quality this contraption musters.
Wired
2
Beauregard took a good hold and wrenched the cover off the contraption.
Anno Dracula
3
He could see no springs or wires that made the contraption work.
Raising Stony Mayhall
4
Lady Maccon had nothing to say upon seeing such a bizarre-looking contraption.
Blameless
5
He considered Christmas a bourgeois contraption and would have none of it.
The new yorker
6
When I arrive, Janicki walks me out to this rather compact contraption.
Wired
7
Artemis picked up the contraption by the straps, searching for the source.
Artemis Fowl
8
From this strange contraption there came a strong odour of over-ripened fish.
Nomads of the North: A Story of Romance and Adventure under the ...
9
Grandma had this contraption that was basically a glorified strap-on baby carrier.
The accidental demon slayer
10
We all stared with deep fascination at the contraption on the desk.
Man in the Middle
11
Strangely enough, there was something very comforting about his enormous crawling contraption.
Where the Blue Begins
12
Except when pressed to buy some contraption like the happy awaking machine.
A singular man
13
After covering the contraption with some leaves, she had a rudimentary trap.
Arcanum Unbounded
14
This brobdingnagian contraption is called, not surprisingly, the Giant Swiss Army Knife.
Wired
15
Bless my shoe laces if this cantankerous contraption isn't going wrong again!
Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat; Or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa
16
Whatever false sense of security the contraption had once offered us was gone.
Marley & me: life and love with the world's worst dog
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