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contraptions

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plural of contraption

as in gadgets

an interesting and often novel device with a practical use built a contraption for automatically buttering toast

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Recent Examples of contraptions Meanwhile, some members of the public feared riding by themselves in the newfangled contraptions and demanded operators. —