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gubbins

gub·bins

UK/ˈɡʌb.ɪnz/ US/ˈɡʌbɪnz/ uncommon informal obsolete uk

noun

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Origin

Ante 1553. From gobbin (“piece, portion, slice”), from Middle English goboun, from Anglo-Norman gobon. Compare with English gobony (“line of alternating squares”).

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