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"thingummybob" and her foreman assures her that his son, serving in the RN, has been told of strange vessels with what look like big boxes stacked on the deck sailing towards China.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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'By jove,' I said, 'it's like a sort of thingummybob, isn't it?
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And it has been accentuated by leaving the thingummybob, "he struggles slightly for a second," The South Bank Show.
The Guardian World News Emine Saner 2010
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Lost in Showbiz doffs its chapeau to Vogue for doing our job for us this week with its Tom Wolfe-esque feature about who the "party people" will vote for in that general election thingummybob.
Life and style | guardian.co.uk Hadley Freeman 2010
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The Stoke City boss has admitted to being an admirer of both, but Hit F5 or the auto-update thingummybob for the latest posts.
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So this newspaper thingummybob (OK, the New York Times, if you're going be annoying like Katie Couric and demand specifics) has managed to find Sarah's personal stylist for the campaign, a woman by the name of Lisa Kline.
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Hit the auto-update thingummybob for the latest updates and email
pinkltinkle commented on the word thingummybob
i didn't know that's how you spell it... i thought it was more like thingamabob
June 22, 2009
rolig commented on the word thingummybob
thingamabob works for me, Pinkl. It's the usual spelling. Though personally, I prefer thingamajig.
June 22, 2009
reesetee commented on the word thingummybob
Check my list (at right) for a nauseating number of variations on this spelling. :-)
July 7, 2009