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gubbins
/ ˈɡʌbɪnz /
noun
- functioning as singular an object of little or no value
- functioning as singular a small device or gadget
- functioning as plural odds and ends; litter or rubbish
- functioning as singular a silly person
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gubbins1
C16 (meaning: fragments): from obsolete gobbon, probably related to gobbet
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Example Sentences
They champed as their nature was;—Klale like a hungry gentleman,—Gubbins like a hungry clodhopper,—Antipodes like a lubberly oaf.
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Mr. Gubbins, a diligent man of business, was much inconvenienced by a London fog.
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Dan Gubbins ran with his mouth wide open and fear expressed unmistakably in his rugged features.
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Thats it, said Dan Gubbins, nodding, and wiping his moist forehead with the back of a hairy hand.
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Matilda her cousin married a Gubbins, and her sister Amelia a Clutterbuck.
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