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   gubbins

   /ˈɡʌbɪnz/

   plural

   • 1. miscellaneous items; paraphernalia: informal British "all the latest films, books, and electronic gubbins"
   • ▪ a gadget: informal British "a little gubbins he had made as a boy"

   Word 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.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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