(plural thingummies) (also thingumabob thingy) (informal, spoken) used to refer to a person or thing whose name you do not know or have forgotten, or which you do not want to mention:
It's one of those thingummies for keeping papers together. * Is thingummy going to be there? You know, that woman from the Sales Department?
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