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Meaning of Contraption | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
kənˈtɹæp.ʃən

Definitions

  1. A machine that is complicated and precarious.
  2. Any object.

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Examples

““Yes, sir, if that was the language of love, I'll eat my hat,” said the blood relation, alluding, I took it, to the beastly straw contraption in which she does her gardening, concerning which I can only say that it is almost as foul as Uncle Tom's Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, which has frightened more crows than any other lid in Worcestershire.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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