contraption
Example Sentences
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The object of Mouse Trap, a board game featuring a Rube Goldberg-style contraption, is to catch plastic mice.
People get curious when she appears with the large contraption.
From New York Times
Some of their contraptions, such as a stick fitted with a wire hook and basket for stealing fruit from orchards, presage the crazy inventions he came up with in Mad.
From Washington Post
However, for someone who hasn't used a French press before, these little contraptions can appear confusing.
From Salon
At first, the musicians produced subtle flickering textures using their own instruments, then gradually integrated the fixtures beside them, including a violin harnessed to a contraption that tickled its strings.
From New York Times
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