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thingumabob

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noun

  1. informal.
    a person or thing the name of which is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked ´¡±ô²õ´Ç³Ù³ó¾±²Ô²µ³Ü³¾²¹Âá¾±²µ³Ù³ó¾±²Ô²µ²¹³¾²¹Âá¾±²µËˆÎ¸ÉªÅ‹É™³¾É™ËŒ»åÏôɪɡ³Ù³ó¾±²Ô²µ³Ü³¾³¾²âˈθɪŋə³¾Éª
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of thingumabob1

C18: from thing 1, with humorous suffix
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It had just been a game they had played while looking for the thingumabob.

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He smiled a sudden appreciation of what he was doing—trying to excuse his jilting of Henrietta—an event not far off if she persisted in holding him to the thingumabob foolishness.

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"Oh, we've forgotten the thingumabob," he exclaimed, "come help me find that."

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Looking for thingumabobs, planning popcorn feasts, having lots of fun and in a way that was intelligent.

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The girl's wide-eyed tenderness had irritated and frightened him after the incident in the kitchen when they had gone searching for the thingumabob.

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