contraptionn.

/kənˈtrapʃən/

Etymology: A popular formation, apparently < contrive (or its variant contreve): compare conceive, conception; some vague association with trap may have entered in.

dialect and colloquial.

A contrivance, a device (with suggestion of ingenuity rather than effectiveness).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance

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device1570

conveyance1596

address1598

molition1598

fabric1600

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convenience1671

conveniency1725

contraption1825

affair1835

rig1845

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 31 Contraption, contrivance; management.

1834 ‘J. Downing’ Life A. Jackson iii. 24 The gineral oney intended tu see what he wou'd do, and then by a leetle contrapshion, have him secur'd.

1834 ‘J. Downing’ Life A. Jackson iv. 26 He had the nack of contrapshion tu a miracle.

1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 95 All their newfangled contraptions.

1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. 97 It's my vote that we turn these contraptions..right out into the shed.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Contraption, contrivance. West.

1859 Type of the Times (Ohio) 1 Feb. If the author had not attempted to supplant the [ordinary] Phonography..by his own quirks and contraptions..he would have made a very useful book.

1863 W. Barnes Gram. & Gloss. Dorset Dial. Contraption, a contrivance.

1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Contraption, a contrivance, make-shift.

1890 Temple Bar July 355 Saltpetre and sulphur, and the contraptions necessary for catherine wheels and rockets.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 23 Aug. 5/1 Their train consisting solely (and in the order given) of:—1, the engine; 2, guard's van; 3, ordinary ‘coach’; 4, ordinary ‘coach’... The result can scarcely be called a train so much as a contraption.

1898 R. Kipling in Morning Post 9 Nov. 5/1 Had I seen the new fore and aft bridge that we had managed to screw out of the Dockyard? A great contraption.

1925 R. Clements Gipsy of Horn 207 The men temporarily lashed the crazy contraption to the lower mast.

1958 Observer 30 Oct. When you buy these once-in-a-lifetime contraptions do you see that you get value for money?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	contraption
释义	contraptionn. /kənˈtrapʃən/ Etymology: A popular formation, apparently < contrive (or its variant contreve): compare conceive, conception; some vague association with trap may have entered in. dialect and colloquial. A contrivance, a device (with suggestion of ingenuity rather than effectiveness). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance compassinga1300 graithc1375 jetc1380 cautelc1440 quaint?a1450 invention1546 trick1548 frame1558 fashion1562 device1570 conveyance1596 address1598 molition1598 fabric1600 machine1648 fancy1665 art1667 fanglementa1670 convenience1671 conveniency1725 contraption1825 affair1835 rig1845 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 31 Contraption, contrivance; management. 1834 ‘J. Downing’ Life A. Jackson iii. 24 The gineral oney intended tu see what he wou'd do, and then by a leetle contrapshion, have him secur'd. 1834 ‘J. Downing’ Life A. Jackson iv. 26 He had the nack of contrapshion tu a miracle. 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 95 All their newfangled contraptions. 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life I. 97 It's my vote that we turn these contraptions..right out into the shed. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words I Contraption, contrivance. West. 1859 Type of the Times (Ohio) 1 Feb. If the author had not attempted to supplant the [ordinary] Phonography..by his own quirks and contraptions..he would have made a very useful book. 1863 W. Barnes Gram. & Gloss. Dorset Dial. Contraption, a contrivance. 1883 W. H. Cope Gloss. Hampshire Words 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Contraption, a contrivance, make-shift. 1890 Temple Bar July 355 Saltpetre and sulphur, and the contraptions necessary for catherine wheels and rockets. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 23 Aug. 5/1 Their train consisting solely (and in the order given) of:—1, the engine; 2, guard's van; 3, ordinary ‘coach’; 4, ordinary ‘coach’... The result can scarcely be called a train so much as a contraption. 1898 R. Kipling in Morning Post 9 Nov. 5/1 Had I seen the new fore and aft bridge that we had managed to screw out of the Dockyard? A great contraption. 1925 R. Clements Gipsy of Horn 207 The men temporarily lashed the crazy contraption to the lower mast. 1958 Observer 30 Oct. When you buy these once-in-a-lifetime contraptions do you see that you get value for money? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1825
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