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Definition of Thingumabob
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"
Generic synonyms: Stuff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thingumabob
Literary usage of Thingumabob
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"It means " thingumabob," and was doubtless the answer of a guide who had forgotten
the name. One mountain in those regions figured on the map in the Masai ..."
2. Catharine Cole's Book by Martha Reinhard Smallwood Field (1897)
"... and she may be sorry for you because you don't belong to the International
Federation of thingumabob, but do you for one moment, suppose that her work ..."
3. The Princeton Poets by Samuel Miller Hageman (1879)
"Here's the end of our walk—Good night! You may call Wednesday evening, Rob, And
we'll talk of the Glacial Epoch, And the wonderful thingumabob. ..."
4. Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Elbert Hubbard (1895)
"typewriter, and as we passed out he took a handful of matches (thinking them
toothpicks) and asked the cashier to play a tune on the thingumabob, ..."
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