A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
1 Sounds cool, until you actually hear the audio quality this contraption musters.
2 Beauregard took a good hold and wrenched the cover off the contraption .
3 He could see no springs or wires that made the contraption work.
4 Lady Maccon had nothing to say upon seeing such a bizarre-looking contraption .
5 He considered Christmas a bourgeois contraption and would have none of it.
6 When I arrive, Janicki walks me out to this rather compact contraption .
7 Artemis picked up the contraption by the straps, searching for the source.
8 From this strange contraption there came a strong odour of over-ripened fish.
9 Grandma had this contraption that was basically a glorified strap-on baby carrier.
10 We all stared with deep fascination at the contraption on the desk.
11 Strangely enough, there was something very comforting about his enormous crawling contraption .
12 Except when pressed to buy some contraption like the happy awaking machine.
13 After covering the contraption with some leaves, she had a rudimentary trap.
14 This brobdingnagian contraption is called, not surprisingly, the Giant Swiss Army Knife.
15 Bless my shoe laces if this cantankerous contraption isn't going wrong again!
16 Whatever false sense of security the contraption had once offered us was gone.
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Contraption в диалектах
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