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Contraptious

Contraption \Con*trap"tion\, n. 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.