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doo⋅dad

  [doo-dad]
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–noun Informal.
1. a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
2. a gadget; device: a kitchen full of the latest doodads.
Also, do-dad.

Origin:
1900–05; gradational compound based on dial. dad piece, flake
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doo·dad   (dōō'dād')   
n.   Informal
An unnamed or nameless gadget or trinket.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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doodad 
"unnamed thing," 1905, chiefly U.S., a made-up word; as is doohickey (1914).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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