But the
thingamajig dropped to two stars after failing another key test: underneath the screw lid of the tomato sauce, the bottle top was a sorry mess.
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"I think it's on your side of the medicine cabinet right near that battery-operated doohickey you have for trimming the hairs in your nose," she said, fortunately not taking me up on my distinction between thingamabobs and
thingamajigs.
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"He also said the pipes in the attic might be frozen so to wait until he got up and jimmied a
thingamajig that would somehow get them flowing again," Linda chattered.
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Hurdy gurdy means "
thingamajig", while bar cwtch is a warning for others to stay away from your spot or place while picking blackberries.
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I have a tendency to mumble about technical matters like an old mechanic: "Let's put the
thingamajig before the whoosits here" is how I usually state the deepest literary problems to myself.
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6 Hershey's
Thingamajig candy bar (limited edition), 1.5 oz.
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"Peter," as Dicdrich Diederichsen points out in his essay for Goldstein's catalogue, translated for Kippenberger as "
thingamajig"--the implication being that the sculptures encapsulate a series of studio jokes on the reification of formal strategies into artistic "brands." So we get a little Judd, some Buren, Warhol, and Bruce Conner, some Trockel and Artschwager with a bit of Robert Morris.
Out of position
Stanley
Thingamajig aren't you?' I said, 'Yes, and you have even remembered my unusual surname'." Comedian Stanley Baxter.
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As Toot says, "He knew that the best present was usually something you made yourself, a one-of-kind
thingamajig, not just a whatsit anyone could buy in a store." We can all use that reminder.
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The surest way to frustrate a service rep or entice a dishonest gunsmith is to call a part a "
thingamajig."
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Apparently it's Spanish for '
thingamajig' - another great word.
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Yes, it's that funny
thingamajig up in the Rockies in Colorado called The International that comes up most years as a warm-up for the final Major, the USPGA Championship.
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More than half our survey group had bought an electric kitchen
thingamajig sometime in the past year.
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The text may be about widgets, but what do you do if the author calls them "doohickeys," the latest buzzword is "
thingamajig," and the closest concept in your controlled vocabulary is "gadgets"?
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Homer's use of the -ma- infix may also be related to the -ma- in whatchamacallit, thingamabob,
thingamajig, thingumajog, and gigamaree.
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