contraption
- 1) noun, informal, often facetious or derogatory a device or contrivance, esp one considered strange, unnecessarily intricate, or improvised
Etymology
C19: perhaps from con(trivance) + trap1 + (inven)tion
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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