Usually means: Artificial arrangement or forced plan.
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  1. contrivance: Merriam-Webster
  2. contrivance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. contrivance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. contrivance: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Contrivance, contrivance: Wordnik
  7. contrivance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. contrivance: Wiktionary
  9. contrivance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. contrivance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. contrivance: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Contrivance, contrivance: Dictionary.com
  13. Contrivance: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. contrivance: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. contrivance: Rhymezone
  16. Contrivance: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. contrivance: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. contrivance: FreeDictionary.org
  19. contrivance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. contrivance: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. contrivance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. contrivance: Legal dictionary

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  1. contrivance: Encyclopedia

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  1. contrivance: Evolution Glossary

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noun:  A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task; contraption.
noun:  A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
noun:  Something overly artful or artificial.

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