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From thingum thingummy jig gobbledygook rigamarole [ 1] thingamabob thingumajigs .[ 2]
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thingamajig (plural thingamajigs
( informal ) quotations ▼ He used this, this... this thingamajig you saw him with the other day to fix the problem.
1924 Hal Roach , H. M. Walker , Our Gang : The Sun Down Limited[1] 30 March 2023 :"– – Engeneerin' is a cinch – All y' gotta do is shove one thingamajigg an' pull 'nother – –"
1991 May 30, Emily Gwathmey, “Storage Box: Catchall's New Life as Eye-Catcher”, in The New York Times [2] the original on 14 December 2024 :STORAGE boxes -- catchalls for flotsam, jetsam, whatnots and thingamajigs -- are gaining new interest as decorative objects for the home.
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Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: بتاعة ( betāʕa )
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܸܢܵܐ ( hinnā )
Catalan: daixonses (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 玩意兒 / 玩意儿 (zh) ( wányìr )
Czech: tentononc (cs) n
Dutch: dinges (nl) n
Esperanto: umo (eo)
Finnish: härveli (fi) , vehje (fi) , kapistus (fi) , kapine (fi)
French: truc (fr) m bidule (fr) m ( Quebec ) patente (fr) f machin (fr) , trucmuche (fr) m
Georgian: ისარაქვია ( isarakvia )
German: Dingsbums (de) n Dingsda (de)
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Ancient Greek: σκινδαψός m ( skindapsós )
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Portuguese: coisa (pt) f ( Portugal ) cena (pt) f treco (pt) m troço (pt) m
Russian: штуко́вина (ru) f ( štukóvina )
Swedish: grunka (sv) c tingest (sv) c mojäng (sv) c grejsimojs (sv)
Turkish: zamazingo (tr) , zımbırtı (tr) , dalga dümen dümen (tr)
Yiddish: װי־רופֿט־מען־עס m ( vi-ruft-men-es )
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