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jiggumbob colloq. ? Obs.|ˈdʒɪgəmbɒb|
Also 7 jig(g)am-, jiggem-, jigum-, jiggobob, jig-em-bob, giggam bobb, gigg-em-, giggom-, giggum-, gingam-, gingumbob.
[A humorous formation from jig n.1 or v.: cf. kickumbob, thingumbob.]
Something odd or fanciful; a bauble, toy, knick-knack; something which one does not choose to name or specify: = thingumbob. (Rarely applied to a person.)
1613Beaum. & Fl. Coxcomb iv. vii, What Giggombob have we here? a1627Middleton Wom. beware Wom. ii. ii, On with her chain of pearl, her ruby bracelets, Lay ready all her tricks and jiggembobs. 1629Massinger Picture v. iii, Shall we have More jiggobobs yet! 1638Brome Antipodes iii. v. Wks. 1873 III. 285 Tumbles all Our jigambobs and trinckets to the wall. 1671Shadwell Humorists v, I'll be quit with him and that Jig-em-bob my Niece. 1678Butler Hud. iii. i. 108 The Enemy..Had rifled all his Pokes and Fobs Of Gimcracks, Whims and Jiggumbobs, Which he by hook or crook had gather'd. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Gingumbobs, Toies, or Baubles. |