colloq. Also 8–9 thing(-)em(-)bob, 9 thing’em bob, thingamobob, thingumebob. [Arbitrary extension of prec., the last syllable now meaningless.] = next.
1751. Smollett, Per. Pic., ii. In a laced doublet and thingumbobs at the wrists.
1778. Miss Burney, Evelina (1791), II. xxxvii. 240. Pray, is one Miss Anville in any of them thingembobs?
1788. Bentham, Mem. & Corr., Wks. 1843, X. 181. One is composed of the thingumbobs called Cinq-foils, which you will find in your seal.
1832. Lytton, Eugene A., I. ii. A lonely grey house with a thingumebob at the top; a servatory they call it.
1870. Miss Bridgman, Rob. Lynne, II. v. 107. We’re going to try him for thingamobob—bigamy.
