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doohickey
noun
an object the exact name of which escapes the speaker US, 1914- For no reason a pencil rolled off the desk and broke its point on the glass doohickey under one of the desk legs. — Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister, p. 42, 1949
- Well, it’s a helluva lot better than sending away for one of those plastic doohickies. — Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, p. 141, 1978
- I tried the little doohickey that worked the window and got nothing. — John Ridley, Love is a Racket, p. 30, 1998
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