10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THINGUMBOB»
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plainly as could be, he heard the tree reply, "Aye, that I am, when the West Wind
is away, and you do not come!" "Then we shall be comrades, you and I and the
West Wind," said Thingumbob. "And hereafter I shall call you Dream Tree!
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Silence and Power: A Reevaluation of Djuna Barnes
(R, 150) As rain falls upon her orchard, wheat, and corn, the beast-woman tells
Thingumbob, "I shall die beneath you, yet from my body you shall garner ten sons
. . . ." After their love is consummated, Thingumbob "plucked his sons from her ...
"Once upon a time, then," said Wendell, never so well pleased as when idling
away his life and making his offspring wonder at his fancy, "there was a great
beast called the Beast Thingumbob, the same that slew the lions, that sought his
life, ...
And this is how the item went: “Machine trade revolutionized By Smith-Jones-
Thompson, who invent A thingumbob now recognized “As better than the very
best The world has ever known before—— So far ahead of all the rest, It has no
real ...
And this is how the item went: “Machine trade revolutionized By Smith-Jones-
Thompson, who invent A thingumbob now recognized “As better than the very
best The world has ever known before— So far ahead of all the rest, It has no real
...
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The Book of Humorous Verse
THE. THINGUMBOB. A PASTEL The Thingumbob sat at eventide, On the shore
of a shoreless sea, Expecting an unexpected attack From something it could not
foresee. A still calm restsontheangry waves, The low wind whistlesa mournful ...
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Stra to Z
Thingumbob. 1857. Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays \ i. 5. You see I'm doing
the handsome thinc by you, because my father knows yours. Thingumbob, subs, (
common).— I. Used for the proper name of a person or thing, (a) when forgotten ...
John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley, 1904
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Amateur Dramas for parlor theatricals, evening ...
George Melville BAKER. 011' Thingumbob —- applause -— made a great what is
it — hit. Gout (aside). Oh ! I shall make a hit pretty soon. Will you go on with the
soliloquy? W. T. Certainly I To be, or not to be, that is the— Jenny. What you may
...
George Melville BAKER, 1870
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Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases
Thingumbob.— Thingumbob, thingumebob, thingummy, or thingamy— & word
used to replace a name that is forgotten. F. " What d'ye call him?" is sometimes
used in this. way. K "' *TsI"' '°ur n?,,ndJ°"y'" rel,lied Mr' MllM "1"ly; "he won't
escape; ...
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The Only Nancy: A Tale of the Kentucky Mountains
I hain't any idee, Nance, less'n hit's that air ' thingumbob ' what he w'ars eroun' his
neck. 'Tenny rate he aks mighty quar erbout hit. Jis' speak uv hit an' he grabs his
throat lak he wus erfraid hit wus los' ur he wus er chokin'." " What does you ...
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THINGUMBOB»
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Custom HTML Preview. Loading. Newest | Oldest | Top Comments. Thingumbob 5ptsFeatured Mar 26, 2015. A researchers mind is a terrible thing to waste. «MIT Technology Review, Mar 15»
Naked weddings? Ministers moot marriage law reform, including …
Thingumbob 14.01 05:40. Instead of wedding march will they play the Beatles "Why Don't We Just Do It in the Road?" Reply. Disagree Agree. Paul 14.01 04:36. «RT, Jan 15»
Charlatans frontman's Tim Peaks Diner to return to Kendal Calling
... The Dakota Jim Band / Taylor Jackson / Charlie Cooper / Thingumbob & The Thingumajogs / From A Window / Buffalo Brothers / The Big Easy & Swing Dance ... «Xfm, Apr 14»
Guestview – Prophet Mohammad endured personal insults without …
Posted by Thingumbob | Report as abusive. Sep 20, 2012. 11:59 am UTC. The Prophet did not endure insults back in his day without retaliating. Wikipedia says ... «Reuters Blogs, Sep 12»
Monthly etymology gleanings for June 2012
... a pseudo-Latinism of the same type as conundrum and especially tantrum and is probably a close relative of thingum ~ thingumbob ~ thingummy and the rest. «OUPblog, Jun 12»
Historic pages from the archives of the Staten Island Advance: Dec …
He could not put his foot upon the right thingumbob. While he was trying, the car had rolled up the grade and had its front feet on the crossing. The train was ten ... «SILive.com, Feb 12»
Unable to Put the Kibosh on a Hard Word
Compare the similar vague substitutionary uses of thing, jig, bob, thingumbob [sic], stuff, etc….Hence specifically “the stuff used in filling cracks or giving finish or ... «OUPblog, May 10»
