Lexicographical Neighbors of Thingamy
Literary usage of Thingamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public and Parlor Readings: Prose and Poetry for the Use of Reading Clubs by Lewis Baxter Monroe (1875)
"WT What's-his-name thingamy. GOUT. Who's he ? I don't ask his name, I ask yours.
... Will you tell me your name 1 WT My name is What's-his-name thingamy. ..."
2. Playhouse Impressions by Arthur Bingham Walkley (1892)
"thingamy is to be revived — not by So-and-so, for So-and-so is dead and worms
... You go to see Whatshisname in thingamy — and you come away disillusioned. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"thingamy, c., N. a contemptuous appellation. ' What is yon daft thingamy about ?'
Thing o' nought, o. a trifle; not worth taking into account. ..."
4. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"thingamy, c., K. a contemptuous appellation. ' What is yon daft thingamy about ?
' Thing o' nought, o. a trifle ; not worth taking into account. ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"Thimmel, a. thimble. Thing, G. this word is used to express quality. ' If s good
thing.' ' It's bad thing.' thingamy, o., N. a contemptuous appellation. ..."
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