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   • I've just got to clear all this gubbins off my desk before I start working. What is the pronunciation of gubbins? 一些無價值的東西，一堆廢物… 一些无价值的东西，一堆废物… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! GUBBINS definition: 1. a collection of objects that are not important: 2. a collection of objects that are not…. Learn more.

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   Where did the word Gubbins come from?

   • It comes from an old French word for a bite of food or a piece of something. When the word crossed over to use in English language it was translated as 'gob' associated with the mouth. What are gubbins? Michael Rosen and linguist Esther Asprey take a look at the word gubbins. 2. Mosey “To mosey along...” Or, “Come on, get a mosey on!”

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   What is the meaning of the name Gubbings?

   • Fuller suggests that the name Gubbings was attached to the tribe as a term of abuse, gubbings were ‘worthless sharings of fish’.

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   Who were the Gubbins?

   • Clearly this writer was none too enamoured with the Gubbinses and paints a picture of a tribe/clan of rough living people who were above the law and made their coin by sheep stealing and theft. Fuller suggests that the name Gubbings was attached to the tribe as a term of abuse, gubbings were ‘worthless sharings of fish’.

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   GUBBINS definition: 1. a collection of objects that are not important: 2. a collection of objects that are not…. Learn more.

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     GUBBINS meaning: 1. a collection of objects that are not...

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     gubbins definicja: 1. a collection of objects that are not...

   • Gubbins in Simplified Chinese

     gubbins translate: 一些无价值的东西，一堆废物. Learn more in the...

   • Gubbins in Traditional Chinese

     GUBBINS translate: 一些無價值的東西，一堆廢物. Learn more in the...

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   The meaning of GUBBINS is fish parings or refuse; broadly : any bits and pieces : scraps. How to use gubbins in a sentence.

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   • Gubbins. “It’s not working because the gubbins have fallen out.” Do you get some funny looks when you use the word gubbins? Well, it means bits and pieces, or paraphernalia.
   • Mosey. “To mosey along...” Or, “Come on, get a mosey on!” Quite a strange word because it can mean to go slowly or to hurry up. It has two polar-opposites in the dictionary.
   • Snap. “What are you having for your snap?” Snap stands for your dinner! As featured in D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers, snap was a word that originally came from mining.
   • Dander. “Ooh me dander’s up!” What on earth is your dander when it's at home? Well, it's an expression that means you're cross. But why? It was a word first seen in writing in America, 1831.

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   A gubbins is used to describe almost any part of the equipment of a plane, with about the same meaning as gadget.

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   Gubbins definition: an object of little or no value. See examples of GUBBINS used in a sentence.

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   gubbins in British English. (ˈɡʌbɪnz ) noun informal. 1. (functioning as singular) an object of little or no value. 2. (functioning as singular) a small device or gadget. 3. (functioning as plural) odds and ends; litter or rubbish.

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   gubbins. ( ˈɡʌbɪnz) n. 1. ( functioning as singular) an object of little or no value. 2. ( functioning as singular) a small device or gadget. 3. ( functioning as plural) odds and ends; litter or rubbish. 4. ( functioning as singular) a silly person.