whatsitsname
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editwhatsitsname (plural whatsitsnames)
- Any object whose name one does not know or cannot remember or immediately bring to mind.
- Hey, hand me the whatitsname, will you? I need to tighten the doodah on this thingummybob.
- 1971 May, Elenor Grozney, “Letters”, in National Lampoon, volume 1, number 14, New York, N.Y.: National Lampoon, Inc., page 6, column 3:
- Don’t forget to feed whatsitsname.
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edit- See also Thesaurus:thingy
Translations
editany object whose name one does not know
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