Thingum

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of thingummy.

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Etymology

Perhaps originally from the gradational compound thingum-thangum (based on thing) with the same terminal syllable as in crinkum-crankum, harum-scarum, trinkum-trankum.

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