yokibus

词形变化

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释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig.

    爱尔兰 过时 俚语

    With your permission, Sir, I propose to have this “yokibus” ["a badge bearing caricatures and words of a ludicrously stage-Irish nature"] made available in the Library so every Deputy will have an opportunity of seeing the way this country is being caricatured by the Government.

    O'HORAN: (Taking a rise:) You had invented a yokibus, your letter said, that was on a par with p'ison gas.

词源

From yoke + jocular Latin -ibus. Compare thingumajig.

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