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Examples of thingamabob in a Sentence
a drawer for all the thingamabobs that have fallen or broken off various items around the house
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Want to make a new crypto, or a new crypto thingamabob?
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—Willa Bennett, Seventeen, 4 Aug. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1796, in the meaning defined above
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“Thingamabob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thingamabob. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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thingamabob
noun
thing·am·a·bob
ˈthiŋ-ə-mə-ˌbäb
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