dingus

dingus
/ding"euhs/, n., pl. dinguses. Informal.
a gadget, device, or object whose name is unknown or forgotten.
[1870-75; < D dinges or its source, G Dinges, prob. orig. gen., with partitive value, of Ding THING1]

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