In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
CONTRAPTION
appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget
(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
contraption (plural contraptions)
A machine that is complicated and precarious.
(figuratively, derogatory or ironic) Any object.
Synonyms
• (mechanical device): contrivance, device, fandango, gadget, mechanism, construction
Source: Wiktionary
Con*trap"tion, n.
Definition: A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully. [Colloq. or Dial.] -- Con*trap"tious (#), a.
We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market. F. M. Ware.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BOORISH
(adjective) ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; “was boorish and insensitive”; “the loutish manners of a bully”; “her stupid oafish husband”; “aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude”
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