whim-wham

[ hwim-hwam, wim-wam ]
noun

  1. any odd or fanciful object or thing; a gimcrack.

  2. whim-whams, Informal. nervousness; jitters: He had the whim-whams after the accident.

Origin of whim-wham

1
1490–1500; gradational compound; cf. flimflam, jimjams, etc.

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How to use whim-wham in a sentence

  • Because she could not get the upper hand of me with her whim-whams, things became impossible after a few years.

    The Hidden Force | Louis Couperus

  • The girl always was a parcel of whim-whams—made up of odds and ends, as it was, of her fore-runners.

    The Place Beyond the Winds | Harriet T. Comstock

British Dictionary definitions for whim-wham

whim-wham
noun

  1. archaic something fanciful; a trifle

Origin of whim-wham

1
C16: of unknown origin; compare flimflam

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