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| project(noun, plan, fabrication) | |
| proposition(noun, plan) | |
| puppet | |
| rigging(material, instrument, machine, tool, mechanism) | |
| setup | |
| step(noun, support, move, action, ability) | |
| stopgap(measure, means, method, substitute, practicality) | |
| stroke(noun, performance, move, action, system) | |
| subject(noun, entity, person, part, concern) | |
| system(noun, support, move, plan, ability) | |
| tackle(noun, material, instrument, device, machine) | |
| tactic(noun, move, action, trick, design) | |
| trap(noun, stratagem) | |
| what's-its-name | |
| whatsit(noun, material, instrument, machine, tool) | |
| whosis | |
| Rube Goldberg | |
| Rube Goldberg invention(expression, idiom, material, instrument, machine) | |
| accessory(material, instrument, machine, tool, mechanism) | |
| act(noun, performance, success, creation, triumph) |
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