Meccano set


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Noun 1. [画像:Meccano set - a child's construction set for making mechanical models]Meccano set - a child's construction set for making mechanical models
plaything, toy - an artifact designed to be played with
trademark - a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product
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His design, however, is far from new, for I made a very similar structure from my 1950s Meccano set which I thought had equal merit - if viewed in the right context.
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