- 1. n. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job Source: wordnet
- 2. A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully. [Colloq. or Dial.] -- Con*trap"tious (#), a. We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market. F. M. Ware. Source: webster
- 3. A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully.[Colloq. or Dial.] -- Con*trap"tious (#), a. Source: adambom
- 4. n:100 n a device or control that is very useful for a particular job Source: ecdict
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