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gubbins noun [ ˈɡʌbɪnz ]

• miscellaneous items; paraphernalia.
• "all the latest films, books, and electronic gubbins"
Origin: mid 16th century (in the sense ‘fragments’): from obsolete gobbon ‘piece, slice, gob’, from Old French; probably related to gobbet. Current senses date from the early 20th century.


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