contraption
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The barber chair, the locus of Sweeney’s revenge on the heartless cruelty of a Victorian London that wrecked his life, isn’t the elaborate contraption of other productions.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
Fischbach’s faux submarine was mounted on a hydraulic contraption that could shake the set with the actor-director inside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Step closer and you hear the contraption appearing to breathe, a tinkling sound like wind chimes emanating from the cooling mechanism that keeps its innards colder than outer space.
From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025
Going all out, I once tried to go to a fancy-dress party as a Swan Vesta matchbox, wearing an elaborate cardboard contraption painted with a lot of time and effort.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
I was glad, because it would have taken most of a day and a half to get the contraption hooked up.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
Vocabulary lists containing contraption
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