How to use "contrivance" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "contrivance" in popular movie and book plots

• She makes an all out bid to join college with the contrivance of dr Ratanlal, a close friend of her father.  - College Girl (1960 film)
• All the women in her family stop any mechanical contrivance that they travel in.  - Stop Press Girl
• They repeatedly fall foul of the dastardly Count Otto "The Blot" but always escape by some contrivance of Sir Prancelot himself.  - The Adventures of Sir Prancelot

Meaning of "contrivance" in English

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Meaning of "contrivance" in Hindi

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