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Definition of Thingummy

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 Thingummy

1. Noun. something one does not remember the name of ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thingummy

1. [n -MIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thingummy

Literary usage of Thingummy

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

1. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1840)
"But, what pleased him most was, that Lord thingummy, and his sister, Lady Kitty thingummy, called upon him, and told him that they had the greatest pleasure ..."

2. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1840)
"But, what pleased him most was, that Lord thingummy, and his sister, Lady Kitty thingummy, called upon him, and told him that they had the greatest pleasure ..."

3. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1850)
"I had heard some one whisper vehemently, " Look out, thingummy! ... Amazed, I followed him, hearing a murmur of " By Jupiter, thingummy ! if you a'n't in ..."

4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1879)
"But thingummy was not to be cajoled ; he clung to his manufacturer, and commenced some grotesque gambols, in imitation of the other children in the park. ..."

5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"5. That every report put about by thingummy Bob when he was rather thingummy Tight is hereby emphatically contradicted. ..."

6. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, George Cruikshank (1840)
"But, what pleased him most was, that Lord thingummy, and his sister, Lady Kitty thingummy, called upon him, and told him that they had the greatest pleasure ..."

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