dingus

(diŋ′əs)

noun

Informal any device; contrivance; gadget: humorous substitute for a name temporarily forgotten or not known

Origin: Du dinges (or Ger dings), thingumabob, orig. gen. of ding, thing

See dingus in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang

Origin:

Origin: Dutch dinges, whatchamacallit

Origin: , from German Dings

Origin: , from Middle High German dinges

Origin: , genitive of dinc, thing

Origin: , from Old High German ding, thing, assembly, case, thing

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