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A plan, especially an ingenious plan
expedient, stratagem, scheme, artifice; see plan 2.
A mechanical device
appliance, mechanism, gadget, invention, apparatus, gear, implement, discovery, instrument, tool, machine, engine, convenience, contraption, utensil, harness, material, tackle, equipment, creation, brainchild*, thingamajig*, thingamabob*, doohickey*, dingus*; see also device 1, equipment, tool 1.

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