doohickey

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(dū'hĭk'ē) pronunciation

n. Informal, pl., -eys.
An unnamed gadget or trinket.

[Perhaps DOO(DAD) + HICKEY.]

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noun
Also dohickey, doohicky Also dohickey, doohicky
noun, orig and mainly US

Any small object, esp. mechanical; a thingumajig. (1914 —) .
A. Lurie Just unhitch that dohickey there with a wrench (1967).

[From doo(dad noun + hickey noun.]

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