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  • noun Plural form of thingummy.

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Examples

  • I see beastly flashbulbs of many thingummies moving in the landfall without the slightest knuckle-duster of the landfall I see all the many thingummies going about the landfall.

    Parajanov Contra Zizek (oder selbst proclaimed Brechtian Beast Z vs aSublime moving picture for magnitude of efficacy.) 2010

  • I get a double bed, a big table and chair & I already own a second chair, a large mirror, a couple of odd little occasional-table thingummies, and some rum little shelves built-in to the blocked up fireplace - I already have a small freestanding bookcase, and will look for another, but otherwise the furniture situation looks ok.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Imogen 2009

  • I am manoeuvering the large laundry bag past the pile of boxes and craft thingummies I just brought home from work, when I feel my elbow make contact with something light.

    Aren't I Supposed To Be Relaxing? kittenpie 2007

  • I am manoeuvering the large laundry bag past the pile of boxes and craft thingummies I just brought home from work, when I feel my elbow make contact with something light.

    Archive 2007-12-01 kittenpie 2007

  • She's doing a panel discussion and some other thingummies, and is taking a survey of sorts - though an informal, not-so-scientific-type survey.

    Archive 2007-03-01 kittenpie 2007

  • She's doing a panel discussion and some other thingummies, and is taking a survey of sorts - though an informal, not-so-scientific-type survey.

    Dear HBM: Since You Asked... kittenpie 2007

  • I get a double bed, a big table and chair & I already own a second chair, a large mirror, a couple of odd little occasional-table thingummies, and some rum little shelves built-in to the blocked up fireplace - I already have a small freestanding bookcase, and will look for another, but otherwise the furniture situation looks ok.

    Feeling like a bottle of shook champagne... Imogen 2009

  • In this day and age of high-end electronic thingummies, there was only one place to bring such old contraptions to be fixed.

    Going Old School (Sometimes) 2008

  • In this day and age of high-end electronic thingummies, there was only one place to bring such old contraptions to be fixed.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • August 13, 2008 at 12:37 pm snausages tbone chewie plastic thingummies u…

    Bomb squad kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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