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thingamajig
noun[ C ]
infmlus/ˈθɪŋ·ə·məˌdʒɪɡ/(alsothingy, us/ˈθɪŋ·i/)
(esp. in spoken English) a thing, the name of which has been forgotten:
He stood there holding this thingamajig.
Examples of thingamajig
thingamajig
Several devices, mechanisms or thingamajigs exist to assist you.
From Chicago Tribune
Even more frustrating can be the litany of advertisers who scare the bejeebies out of us in hopes to get us to buy their new and improved disaster prevention thingamajig.
From National Geographic
Would they seem as real as the impulse to check the whatchamacallits or tighten up your cortical thingamajigs?
From Project Gutenberg
He's going away to bury his heart while he's studying the thingamajigs.
From Project Gutenberg
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