gubbins
noun/ˈɡʌbɪnz/
/ˈɡʌbɪnz/
[uncountable] (British English, informal)- various things that are not important
- All the gubbins that came with the computer is still in the box.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘fragments’): from obsolete gobbon ‘piece, slice, gob’, from Old French; probably related to gobbet. Current senses date from the early 20th cent.Definitions on the go
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