dinges

British

/ ˈdɪŋəs /

noun

informal a jocular word for something whose name is unknown or forgotten; thingumabob

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Etymology

Origin of dinges

from Afrikaans, from ding thing

Example Sentences

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Her once tall masts were cut to stumps and a smooth-rivetted funnel at the same graceful rake was full of degrading dinges.

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