Chingadera

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget. US, vulgar

    "1946, My Darling Clementine, dir. John Ford, written by Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller “There goes that chingadera again.”"

Example

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"1946, My Darling Clementine, dir. John Ford, written by Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller “There goes that chingadera again.”"

Etymology

Mexican Spanish chingadera.

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