Definition of Gubbins

1. Noun. Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known. "There may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"


Definition of Gubbins

1. Noun. Assorted stuff, especially if of little value ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gubbins

1. a trivial object [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gubbins

guars
guatita
guava
guava bush
guavas
guayabera
guayaberas
guayule
guayules
gub
gub'mint
gubbah
gubbahs
gubberment
gubbins (current term)
gubbinses
gubernacula
gubernacular canal
gubernacular cord
gubernaculum dentis
gubernance
gubernation
gubernative
gubernatorial
gubernatorially
gubmint
gubs

Literary usage of Gubbins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858: Commencing from the Close of the by George Bruce Malleson (1878)
"The character of Mr. gubbins has thus been The Pros;. sketched by Sir Henry ... Now at this particular period, the " vista " of Mr. gubbins showed him the ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"CLK During the mutiny gubbins took a prominent part in an'airs at Lucknow, ... From the beginning of the mutiny gubbins urged on Lawrence the disarmament of ..."

3. The Sunday at Home: A Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1879)
"Faith could only dimly see the form of Mrs. gubbins stretched in tbo corner of ... gubbins wne lying just as Faith had seen her before ; she did not seem to ..."

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