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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.

From Project Gutenberg

The plentifullest things down here is "dinges", mules and mud, and you very seldom see one without the other.

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