КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «THINGUMMY»
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thingummy в следующих библиографических источниках. Книги, относящиеся к слову
thingummy, и краткие выдержки из этих книг для получения представления о контексте использования этого слова в литературе на английский языке.
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
2
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 ...
3
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 ...
6
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
8
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
9
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
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «THINGUMMY»
Здесь показано, как национальная и международная пресса использует термин
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... toward a more satisfying (and comprehensible) outcome, or to figure out who, what and where the mysterious Starchild cosmic-embryo thingummy might be. «Salon, Ноя 14»
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... 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, Июл 14»
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Tell Wiz comeback show
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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, Апр 14»