Definition of Thingamy

1. used when the correct name cannot come to mind [n THINGAMIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thingamy

thin trading
thinck
thinclad
thinclads
thindown
thindowns
thine
thing-in-itself
thingal
thingamabob
thingamabobs
thingamajig
thingamajiggy
thingamajigs
thingamy (current term)
thinge
thinger
thingers
thinges
thinghood
thingie
thingier
thingies
thingiest
thingified
thingifies
thingify
thingifying
thingish

Literary usage of Thingamy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Public and Parlor Readings: Prose and Poetry for the Use of Reading Clubs by Lewis Baxter Monroe (1875)
"WT What's-his-name thingamy. GOUT. Who's he ? I don't ask his name, I ask yours. ... Will you tell me your name 1 WT My name is What's-his-name thingamy. ..."

2. Playhouse Impressions by Arthur Bingham Walkley (1892)
"thingamy is to be revived — not by So-and-so, for So-and-so is dead and worms ... You go to see Whatshisname in thingamy — and you come away disillusioned. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"thingamy, c., N. a contemptuous appellation. ' What is yon daft thingamy about ?' Thing o' nought, o. a trifle; not worth taking into account. ..."

4. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"thingamy, c., K. a contemptuous appellation. ' What is yon daft thingamy about ? ' Thing o' nought, o. a trifle ; not worth taking into account. ..."

5. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"Thimmel, a. thimble. Thing, G. this word is used to express quality. ' If s good thing.' ' It's bad thing.' thingamy, o., N. a contemptuous appellation. ..."

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