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Fiches

[feesh] Origin

fiche

[feesh]

Origin:
by shortening

fiche, fish.
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Fiches is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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Word Origin & History

fiche
1949, from Fr. fiche "slip of paper, form," from O.Fr. fiche "point," from ficher "to fix, fasten," from V.L. *figicare, from L. figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix). Sense of "card, strip of film" is a shortening of microfiche (1950).
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