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gubbins
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gubbins has 1 sense
- gubbins(n = noun.artifact) doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget - something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use" is a kind of stuff
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gubbins, n. Brit.
1 a set of equipment or paraphernalia.
2 a gadget.
3 something of little value. 4 colloq. a foolish person (often with ref. to oneself).
1 a set of equipment or paraphernalia.
2 a gadget.
3 something of little value. 4 colloq. a foolish person (often with ref. to oneself).
Etymology
orig. = fragments, f. obs. gobbon: perh. rel. to GOBBET
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