Contraption and Trick

Contraption

Contraption noun - An interesting and often novel device with a practical use.

Usage example: built a contraption for automatically buttering toast

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Trick and contraption are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trick" instead a noun "Contraption".

Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Contraption and trick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contraption" instead a noun "Trick".

Nearby Words: tricky, trickery, trickle, tricked, trickster

special	special contraption	special trick
elaborate	elaborate contraption	elaborate trick
particular	particular contraption	particular trick
similar	similar contraption	similar trick
Other adjectives: single, stupid, nasty, little, new, final, handy, favorite.

Then they turn the entire contraption around to show that its back side is transparent, and do the entire routine again so that the audience can see just exactly how much skill and dexterity the trick required, particularly from Teller.

Source: Measuring the Marigolds

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