thingamabob

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Definition of thingamabob

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noun

(slang)A thing or person whose actual name is unknown or forgotten.

“"The tin thingamabob," insisted Mr. Trigget with slow dignity. "Call it what you will. Its purpose is self-evident. It acts as a dispirator—a distributor, that is to say—"”

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Alteration of thingumbob: obsolete thingum (from thing) + bob. Earliest citation from 1751, as thingumbobs.

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