doohickey

Example Sentences

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The AI-powered doohickey self-immolates upon coming across my first use of Spanglish.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2024

For the hard-to-reach places — the flower beds and under the azaleas — he has a little handheld doohickey, like a garden center jack-in-box.

From Washington Post • Jul. 3, 2022

Even if it’s a doohickey without any particular monetary value.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2021

Instead The Clasp takes its name from a jeweler’s doohickey, a humble mechanism of connection and release.

From Slate • Oct. 8, 2015

"It says 'e-i-l-a-s-h/ then that 'at' doohickey, then it says 'g-l-o-w-z' and then a period, and then 'n-e-t'—'net.' And that's all of it."

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements