10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THINGUMMY»
Discover the use of
thingummy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
thingummy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
It provides us with the real names for many of those elusive thingummies complete with the history, myth and anecdote behind them. Grasp The Thingummy and you'll never grasp helplessly for words again.
Danny Danziger, Mark McCrum, 2008
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The Best Years of British Film Music, 1936-1958
Not until the 10th bar does Mrs Thingummy speak the words, I want to see the
boy. I knew his mother', but the urgency of her mission, the overwhelming
impression that there is a tale that must be told, even the burden of her guilt, are
all ...
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The Core Language Engine
It asks the user: Does "the whatsit was used up by the thingummy to exist"
necessarily imply "the whatsit was used up by the thingummy IN ORDER TO exist
"? When the user answers affirmatively, sentence 8 is dropped from
consideration.
... Potter drew himself up to his full height — some six feet two, I should say. " Mr.
Thingummy," he began— my name is not Thingummy ; but no matter — " Mr.
Thingummy, my mind is quite made up. I am going to have that bed, Mr.
Thingummy.
They have aVague Dictionary, wherein the words Thingummy,
Whatyoumaycallem,Thingummyjig, stand for any subslaiitives, adjectives, or
even proper names, and in their Vague Grammar the Personal Proiioun is What-
EnameThis, the ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: ...
A fad; a moral, or an intellectual, kink; an obsession: since ca. 1935. Ngaio Marsh
, Died in the Wool, 1945, 'She hated bits on the carpet. She had a ”thing” about
them and always picked them up.' Prob. short for thingummy, used for 'obsession'
...
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, 1984
one very shy, and two identical,” the reader is supposed to recognize them as
Hemulen, the melancholy dog Sorry-oo, and the funny little twins Thingummy and
Bob.16 In case the reader is not familiar with the earlier books, the characters are
...
Maria Nikolajeva, Carole Scott, 2006
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
thingummy | third world briefcase 1952 thingummy noun used as a replacement
for any noun that the user cannot or does not wish to specify UK. 1796 • Still
leader Of the Scottish Thingummy!.]— New Statesman, 22nd January 20O1 ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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D.G. Compton SF Gateway Omnibus: Synthajoy, The Steel ...
Thingummy.' 'I do wish you wouldn't interrupt. It's Haverstock, you see. He's –' '
Don't spoil it, duck. You're supposed to say, “Who's Thingummy?” And then I say,
“Whose thingummy do you fancy?”' 'Anythingtooblige... Who's Thingummy?
... de lumière machin bidule m chose m machin m truc m rn thingummy, what's-it
thingummy, what's-it il faut appuyer sur le petit bidule, à droite thingummy, what's-
it apporte-moi le chose pour démonter la roue thingummy, what's-it thingummy, ...
R. E. Batchelor, M. H. Offord, 1993
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THINGUMMY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
thingummy is used in the context of the following news items.
Yvonne Lorkin: Weird visitors and a brand new teenager
This is when I discovered the expensive, motorised-head thingummy was cracked and it wouldn't attach to the sucky bit properly (you'll note my mastery of ... «Wairarapa Times-Age, Jun 15»
Windows 10 available for free!
... and, for those who like that sort of thing, the OS will come complete with the personal assistant thingummy/Siri rip-off Cortana, who was one of the stars of the ... «Bitterwallet, Jun 15»
Adeney Milk Bar
... and a stream of first-name-basis locals, including Mrs Thingummy, who wanders in for morning coffee wearing Ugg slippers and tracky pants, and cute toddler ... «Good Food, May 15»
Why's everything suddenly going wrong for Ukip?
Nicola Sturgeon has made Scottish nationalism attractive even in deepest Kent (my mother's writing her name on the ballot paper) and Plaid Thingummy has ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Russell Brand v Nigel Farage on BBC Question Time: what to expect
DAVID DIMBLEBY: Good evening and welcome to Thingummy, which tonight is broadcast from somewhere. On our panel are five people. Tonight's first ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
“Interstellar”: Christopher Nolan's grand space opera tries to outdo …
... toward a more satisfying (and comprehensible) outcome, or to figure out who, what and where the mysterious Starchild cosmic-embryo thingummy might be. «Salon, Nov 14»
Nvidia are working on a post-Shield handheld PC, reports suggest
... quite functional Steam in-home streaming and the Steam Machines that'll follow in its wake, can you envision a place for Nvidia's new thingummy in your life? «PCGamesN, Jul 14»
Have the Japanese found a cure for loneliness in a stuffed toy?
In this case, a stuffed hippo-like thingummy called, for whatever earthly reason, a Moomin. What apparently happens is that once you walk into this cafe, and ... «Economic Times, May 14»
Tell Wiz comeback show
One or two of the songs have become firm local favourites, including: 'Boy thingummy Whalsa, gie du me a fry! Du haes a kindly glinder in dee eye. Me faider an ... «Shetland News, May 14»
More to Jansson than the Moomins
The books had hidden meanings. The characters Thingummy and Bob were the code names of Jansson and her lover Vivica Bandler (homosexuality was illegal ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 14»
