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gadget, contrivance, contraption, appliance, convenience, gizmo, gismo, widget | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | |
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dodge, stratagem, contrivance | an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | |
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contrivance | the faculty of contriving; inventive skill | |
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devisal, contrivance | the act of devising something | |
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contrivance, lash-up | any improvised arrangement for temporary use | |
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contrivance | an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. |