Thingumbob

On the other hand, I just recently read Theodore Sturgeon "The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff", so I filled in WADGET for "Thingumbob" instantly.

Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle 2009

_What-d'ye-call-'em_ dales, _Thingumbob_ brooks, and _So-and-so_ woods, to choose from, you can have no difficulty in fixing upon a suitable one.

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Various

What-d'ye-call him was wide-awake when he remarked to Thingumbob that

Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 01, April 2, 1870 Various

"I'd rather do even what you're doing -- offer my treasure to the Thingumbob!"

The Outcry Henry James 1879

So, when I got into the carriage, who should I find, beshawled, and beflowered, and betoggled in blue satin and white lace, but our old friend ---- of Andover concert memory, now become Madame Thingumbob, of European celebrity.

Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled From Her Letters and Journals by Her Son Charles Edward Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

Thingumbob: I believe the probability of being paid for purveying similar arrant non-sense may be calculated ... carlii: Scientists keep confusing what could be a memory effect with time travel.

Technology Review RSS Feeds 2010

“Why don’t you ask him to publish ’em in your old magazine, the Thingumbob?”

The History of Pendennis 2006

Catalogues as_ "Othello," _or "the Duke of Thingumbob_ -- you _know the chap I mean_"), followed by his retinue; he kisses _Portia's_ hand, as she explains to him, the _Prince of Arragon_, and _Bassanio_, the rules of the game in three simple gestures.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 28, 1892 Various

So, when I got into the carriage, who should I find, beshawled, and beflowered, and betoggled in blue satin and white lace, but our old friend ” ” of Andover concert memory, now become Madame Thingumbob, of European celebrity.

The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Stowe, Charles Edward 1889