gubbins
/ (ˈɡʌbɪnz) /
(functioning as singular) an object of little or no value
(functioning as singular) a small device or gadget
(functioning as plural) odds and ends; litter or rubbish
(functioning as singular) a silly person
Origin of gubbins
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How to use gubbins in a sentence
They champed as their nature was;—Klale like a hungry gentleman,—gubbins like a hungry clodhopper,—Antipodes like a lubberly oaf.
Mount Rainier | VariousMr. gubbins, a diligent man of business, was much inconvenienced by a London fog.
Amusements in Mathematics | Henry Ernest DudeneyDan gubbins ran with his mouth wide open and fear expressed unmistakably in his rugged features.
The Trail Boys on the Plains | Jay Winthrop AllenThats it, said Dan gubbins, nodding, and wiping his moist forehead with the back of a hairy hand.
The Trail Boys on the Plains | Jay Winthrop AllenMatilda her cousin married a gubbins, and her sister Amelia a Clutterbuck.
The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 | Charles Lamb
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