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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh n-trap-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtræp ʃən

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Définition of contraption

Origin :
  • 1825, western England dialect, origin obscure, perhaps from con(trive) + trap, or deception.
  • noun device
Example sentences :
  • But it took ten days to get the contraption ready for the next fizzle.
  • Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • My children's teeth never had to have all this contraption on them.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • When we find Craven, we'll find the contraption that's blanketing Jupiter and its moons.
  • Extract from : « Empire » by Clifford Donald Simak
  • Go upstairs again, Amy, and haul up this end of the contraption.
  • Extract from : « The Campfire Girls of Roselawn » by Margaret Penrose
  • Wall, stranger, what kind of a contraption do you-all reckon to have thar?
  • Extract from : « Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer » by J. W. Duffield
  • And your mother said you shouldn't ever have such a contraption in the house again.
  • Extract from : « The Corner House Girls Growing Up » by Grace Brooks Hill
  • Yesterday we could bag them one after the other, as fast as I could fire this contraption.
  • Extract from : « Black Eyes and the Daily Grind » by Milton Lesser
  • Aw, you don't think you're ever going to get there with that contraption, do you?
  • Extract from : « The Pike's Peak Rush » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • We were soon in the path, and presently scaled the cliff on Duran's contraption.
  • Extract from : « The Voodoo Gold Trail » by Walter Walden
  • What kind of a contraption is that youve got there, Belding?
  • Extract from : « The Girls of Central High on the Stage » by Gertrude W. Morrison

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