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thingummy colloq. (ˈθɪŋəmɪ) Also 8 thing-o-me, thing-o'-me, 9 thing-o-my, thingamy, -ammy, -ummie, -umy. [f. thingum + -y (?dim.).] Used (in undignified speech) to indicate vaguely a thing (or person) of which the speaker cannot at the moment recall the name, or which he is at a loss or does not car...
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thingummy
thingummy/ˈθɪŋəmɪ; `θɪŋəmɪ/ (also thingumajig / ˈθɪŋəmədʒɪg; `θɪŋəməˌdʒɪɡ/, thingumabob / ˈθɪŋəməbɔb;`θɪŋəməˌbɑb/, thingy / ˈθɪŋɪ; `θɪŋɪ/ ) n (infml 口) personor thing whose name one does not know or has forgottenor does not wish to mention 某人, 某物(其名不详或已忘记或不愿提及).
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Mr. Bumble
Corney had been in attendance at the death of the nurse Sally Thingummy and purloined the locket and ring Sally Thingummy had taken from Oliver's mother
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doobrey
doobrey, n. Brit. colloq. Brit. /ˈduːbri/, U.S. /ˈdubri/ Forms: 19– doobrey, 19– doobri, 19– doobrie, 19– doobry, 19– dubry [Origin unknown. Compare doodad n., doofer n., doohickey n.] = thingummy n.1977 C. Browne Capt. Kremmen & Krells (back cover), Join our hero inside and feel that rare thrill of...
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The Thing-Ummy Bob
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A thingumabob or thingummy is an extended form of the word thing which the Oxford English Dictionary records being used as far back as
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thingy
▪ I. thingy, n. (ˈθɪŋɪ) Also thingie, (occas. -ee). [-y6, dim. suff.; cf. -ie.] 1. Sc. A little thing.1888 Barrie When a Man's Single (1900) 11/2 A speerity bit thingy she was. 2. = thing n.1 (in various senses); cf. thingummy. colloq.1933 Green & Stept (song-title) Swingy little thingy. 1968 M. Ric...
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The Dangerous Journey
It follows the nightmarish adventures of Susanna, the Hemulen, Sniff, Sorry-Ooo and Thingummy & Bob through Moomin Valley.
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thingum
thingum colloq. ? Obs. exc. dial. (ˈθɪŋəm) Also 9 thing'em. [f. thing n.1, with meaningless suffix.] = thingummy. (In first quot. in reduplicated form thingum thangum: cf. crinkum-crankum.)1680 Otway Atheist iv. i, With a deep Point Thingum Thangum over her Shoulders. 1681 T. Flatman Heraclitus Ride...
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Pauline Ashwell
In 1988, she published a burst of stories in Analog: Interference (as Paul Ash, March), Thingummy Hall (June), Fatal Statistics (July), Make Your Own Universe
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doohickey
doohickey colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.). (ˈduːhɪkɪ) Also dohickey, doohicky. [f. doodad + hickey.] Any small object, esp. mechanical; a ‘thingummy’ (see also quot. 1928).1914 Our Navy (U.S.) Nov. 12 We were compelled to christen articles beyond our ken with such names as ‘do-hickeys’, ‘gadgets’ a...
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Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)
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On 13 September 1990, the scripts of all six shows were published by Methuen London as Mens Sana in Thingummy
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doojigger
doojigger, n. U.S. colloq. (ˈduːdʒɪgə(r)) Also dojigger, do-jigger, doo-jigger. [f. doodad n. + jigger n.1 5 l.] A small object or (esp. mechanical) contrivance; a gadget or ‘thingummy’.1927, etc. in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 174/1 Doojigger. 1932 W. A. Rukeyser Working for Soviets ix. 1...
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tiddlypush
tiddlypush colloq. (stress variable) A meaningless word substituted for the name of a person or thing which the speaker has forgotten, does not know, or is unwilling to mention. Cf. thingummy.1923 J. Manchon Le Slang 342 And tidderly push, et patati et patata. 1934 S. Beckett More Pricks than Kicks ...
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whatsit
whatsit colloq. (ˈwɒtsɪt, ˈhw-) Also what-is-it, what's-it, and (U.S.) whassit. [The phr. ‘what is it?’ used as a n.: see what A. I. 1.] = what's-his-name, what's-its-name, etc. (used variously of a person or thing); a ‘thingummy’.a 1882 Philad. Times in Dict. Americanisms (1951) II. 1855/1 The two ...
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doofer
doofer slang. (ˈduːfə(r)) Also doofah, doovah, doover. [Prob. alteration of do for in such phrases as that will do for now.] = thingummy (see also quots.).1937 Partridge Dict. Slang 234/2 Doofer, half a cigarette: workmen's [slang]. 1941 Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 25 Doover, any object, thingummy. 1...
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