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[ noun ] a device that very useful for a particular job
Synonyms contrivance contraption convenience gizmo widget gismo appliance Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The electric gadget is most helpful when there are many crowned teeth and in individuals who are elderly , bedfast with a chronic disease , or are handicapped by disorders such_as cerebral_palsy or muscular_dystrophy . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)With these gadgets - impressive to the gullible because of their flashing light_bulbs , ticks , and buzzes - he then carries_out a vicious medical con_game , capitalizing on people 's respect for the electrical and atomic wonders of our scientific age . The gadget faker operates or sells his phony machines for $ 5 to $ 10000 - anything the traffic will bear . Authorities believe that many_of the Doctor Frauds using these false health gadgets are still in business . But it is our health - more precious than all the money in the world - that these modern witch_doctors with their fake therapeutic gadgets are gambling away . |
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