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1) General subject: bagatelle, bauble, doodad, falderal, falderol, folderol, gadget, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrack, kickshaw, knick-knack, knickknack, nick nack, nick-nack, quip, rattletrap, toy, trick, trifle, trinket, wally, whigmaleerie, tchotchke2) American: pretty4) Rare: fizgig5) Architecture: kickshow6) Jargon: hokey-pokey, hoky-poky, unit, dudenwhacker, wham-ditty, jigalorum, jigger, jiggus, jiggum, jobber, jobby, fakus, whing-ding, wing-ding, wingdoodie, diddenwhacker, dojigger, doojigger, domajigger, domajiggus, gazinkus, gazunkus, geegaw, googaw, gigamaree, goofus, boondoggle, dingbat, doohickey, doowhistle, doowillie7) Archaic: knack -
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1) General subject: a figment of the mind, artifice, brainchild, capriccio, caprice, cock-and-bull story, coinage, confabulation, contrivance, fable, fabrication, fairy tale, fib, fiction, fictitious narrative, fictive narrative, figment, flam, fudge, gammon, invention, made-up story, make believe, make up, make-believe, make-believe reply, make-up, malarkey, romance, story, story telling, tale, verisimilitudes, whigmaleerie, whim wham, whim-wham (дикая), whimsy whamsy, windy, tarradiddle, hoax3) Literal: myth4) Poetical language: forgery5) Jocular: fish story6) Australian slang: yarn7) Diplomatic term: baloney, figment of the mind, make reply8) Psychology: imagination10) Jargon: bum, gag, ackamarackus, ackamaracka11) American English: tall tale -
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whigmaleerie — or whigmaleery [hwig΄mə lir′ē, wig΄mə lir′ē] n. pl. whigmaleeries [fanciful coinage] Chiefly Scot. 1. a fanciful notion, whim, etc. 2. a fanciful contrivance; gewgaw … English World dictionary
whigmaleerie — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1730 1. chiefly Scottish whim 2. chiefly Scottish an odd or fanciful contrivance ; gimcrack … New Collegiate Dictionary
whigmaleerie — /hwig meuh lear ee, wig /, n. 1. a whim; notion. 2. a whimsical or fanciful ornament or contrivance; gimmick. [1720 30; orig. Scots, earlier figmalirie, perh. with fig (see FIDGET, WHIG); for ma , cf. RIGMAROLE, THINGAMAJIG] * * * … Universalium
whigmaleerie — whig·ma·lee·rie … English syllables
whigmaleerie — n. whim, caprice … Dictionary of difficult words
whigmaleerie — … Useful english dictionary
whigmaleery — /hwig meuh lear ee, wig /, n., pl. whigmaleeries. whigmaleerie. * * * … Universalium
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whigmaleery — noun see whigmaleerie … Useful english dictionary
