| 释义 |
thingumbob colloq.|ˈθɪŋəmbɒb|
Also 8–9 thing(-)em(-)bob, 9 thing'em bob, thingamobob, thingumebob.
[Arbitrary extension of prec., the last syllable now meaningless.]
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1751Smollett Per. Pic. ii, In a laced doublet and thingumbobs at the wrists. 1778F. Burney Evelina (1791) II. xxxvii. 240 Pray, is one Miss Anville in any of them thingembobs? 1788Bentham Mem. & Corr. Wks. 1843 X. 181 One is composed of the thingumbobs called Cinq-foils, which you will find in your seal. 1832Lytton Eugene A. i. ii, A lonely grey house with a thingumebob at the top; a servatory they call it. 1870M. Bridgman Rob. Lynne II. v. 107 We're going to try him for thingamobob—bigamy. |