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gubbins::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget |
| Type of | stuff |
Examples of gubbins
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Whatever remains can be put to work, powering whatever gubbins is connected to it.
From the economist.com
Gubbins said, that has captured the imaginations of children and adults alike.
From the nytimes.com
Also, as ever, it is not our intention to disparage odd research and weird gubbins.
From the economist.com
If only, one muses on such occasions, vengeance could be wrought on the pesky gubbins.
From the economist.com
Clearly, then, focusing the gubbins was not simply a matter of twiddling with a dial.
From the economist.com
It's just another theme pub with fake Irish gubbins on the walls and overpriced beer.
From the guardian.co.uk
Whereas we just mash all the gubbins up together and call it a hamburger.
From the telegraph.co.uk
So how difficult would it be to print a phone complete with all its electronic gubbins?
From the economist.com
New Zealand footballers, mercifully, don't go in for this gubbins much.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Doodad: something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
- Gubbins may refer to: *Beatrice Gubbins (1878-1944), an Irish artist in watercolour *Colin Gubbins KCMG, DSO, MC (1896-1976), prime mover of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Second World War *George Gubbins (born 1935), a retired Canadian jockeyn*James Gubbins Fitzgerald (1852-1926) ...
- Assorted stuff, especially if of little value
- N. 1. A collection of generally worthless items, as in, ``Children, pick up these gubbins.''
- N. Paraphernalia, miscellaneous stuff. "That steamjack engineer had a lot of gubbins in his toolbox."
