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gadgets

[gaj-it] Origin

gadg·et

[gaj-it]
noun
a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.

Origin:
1850–55; origin uncertain; compare French gâchette the catch of a lock, sear of a gunlock

gadg·et·y [gaj-i-tee] , adjective


contraption; whatsis, doohickey, thingamajig.

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Word Origin & History

gadget
1886, gadjet (but said to date back to 1850s), sailors' slang word for any small mechanical thing or part of a ship for which they lacked, or forgot, a name; perhaps from Fr. gâchette "catchpiece of a mechanism," dim. of gâche "staple of a lock."
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