gubbins
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gubbins
IN BRIEF: n. - Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
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1: A foolish person. (1916 —) .
J. Osborne Have you been on the batter, you old gubbins! (1957).
2: A set of equipment or paraphernalia. (1925 —) .
New Scientist Behind that again is the engine and propeller, the fuel tank and various bits of 'gubbins' (1968).
3: Something of little value, nonsense. (1925 —) .
4: A gadget. (1944 —) .
I. Brown You can save more petrol by how you drive than with all the gubbinses now floating around (1958).
[From earlier sense, fragments, from obs. gobbonnoun ; perh. related to gobbet noun .]
noun
1: A foolish person. (1916 —) .
J. Osborne Have you been on the batter, you old gubbins! (1957).
2: A set of equipment or paraphernalia. (1925 —) .
New Scientist Behind that again is the engine and propeller, the fuel tank and various bits of 'gubbins' (1968).
3: Something of little value, nonsense. (1925 —) .
4: A gadget. (1944 —) .
I. Brown You can save more petrol by how you drive than with all the gubbinses now floating around (1958).
[From earlier sense, fragments, from obs. gobbon
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