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A device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick, especially a mechanism for the secret and dishonest control of gambling apparatus.
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An innovative or unusual mechanical contrivance; a gadget.
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An innovative stratagem or scheme employed especially to promote a project: an advertising gimmick.
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A significant feature that is obscured, misrepresented, or not readily evident; a catch.
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A small object whose name does not come readily to mind.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.