Device
Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Tack
Tack noun - The means or procedure for doing something.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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They are held together by a single blue, big, thumb-tack shaped device in the middle of the chest.
Source: Golem -
Agent Lockwood prefers to wear his camera device as a ring ornament; Agent Grover likes to wear his as a medallion; and dapper Agent Bianco sports his camera as a tie tack.
Source: Spy Cam
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