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thingamajig

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thing⋅a⋅ma⋅jig

  [thing-uh-muh-jig]
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–noun Informal.
a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the name.
Also, thing⋅u⋅ma⋅jig.

Origin:
1870–75; thingum or thingummy + jig 1 , metrically patterned like gobbledygook, rigamarole; thingum perh. orig. from the gradational compound thingum-thangum (based on thing 1 ) with the same terminal syllable as in crinkum-crankum, harum-scarum, trinkum-trankum, the ult. orig. of which is unclear
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thing·a·ma·jig also thing·um·a·jig   (thĭng'ə-mə-jĭg')   
n.   Informal
Something difficult to classify or whose name has been forgotten or is not known.

[Alteration of obsolete thingum (from thing) + jig1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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thingamajig [ˈθɪŋəmədʒɪg] and [ˈθɪŋi]

and thingy
  1. n.
    a gadget for which the proper name has been forgotten or is unknown. : Hand me that thingamajig with the copper base, will you?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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