whim-wham
Americannoun
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any odd or fanciful object or thing; a gimcrack.
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Informal. whim-whams, nervousness; jitters.
He had the whim-whams after the accident.
noun
Etymology
Origin of whim-wham
1490–1500; gradational compound; cf. flimflam, jimjams, etc.
Example Sentences
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He has gone to buy screws, or something, to make a whim-wham to wind up the sun.”
From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by A.W. Cooper
I was saying break out directly with a rash desire to spend more money upon a whim-wham to wind up the sun.”
From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by A.W. Cooper
So much for the commencement of this long whim-wham.
From Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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