Yokibus
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig. Ireland, dated, no-plural, slang
"With your permission, Sir, I propose to have this “yokibus” ["a badge bearing caricatures and words of a ludicrously stage-Irish nature"] made available in the Library so every Deputy will have an opportunity of seeing the way this country is being caricatured by the Government."
Example
More examples"With your permission, Sir, I propose to have this “yokibus” ["a badge bearing caricatures and words of a ludicrously stage-Irish nature"] made available in the Library so every Deputy will have an opportunity of seeing the way this country is being caricatured by the Government."
Etymology
From yoke + jocular Latin -ibus. Compare thingumajig.
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