doohickeys
- plural of doohickey.
Example Sentences
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For years, as an early-warning alert system, the county agricultural people had been hanging Medfly traps hither and thither among our pretty, fructiferous trees — little A-frame-shaped cardboard doohickeys with a dab of fly attractant.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024
It’s one of those little mechanical doohickeys where you push it in, then it pops out.
From The Verge • Mar. 29, 2022
Crosley, with her quirky cleverness, seems more in league with the doohickeys of the world than with the emeralds.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2015
But with these blasted, newfangled, electrical, book-reading doohickeys, how would I ever know?
From Salon • May 12, 2013
Little plastic doohickeys and thingamabobs cover many surfaces.
From New York Times • May 13, 2011
