whatsit
Example Sentences
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A cosmic whatsit, the story largely takes place in a black-velvet void with pinpricks of light.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
“The sight of these empty dams have scared the whatsit out of everybody.”
From The Verge ● May 11, 2018
Besson’s latest futuristic whatsit, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” seems determined to induce the opposite effect in the viewer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
In my 2007 Prius, I'm afraid to change the oil lest I confuse the whosit that controls the whatsit and makes the dealybob do whatnot.
From Economist ● Aug. 8, 2013
The head-shaped whatsit floated on the surface of a large puddle of uncertain depth, which no doubt had been left by the strong rains of the previous night.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
