Did you perchance mean dearie?
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. informal A thing, especially one seen as complex or having much associated with it.
Etymologies
- Diminutive of deal. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Because, seriously, folks, it was hard enough to deal with turbulence, takeoff, landing, the little train dealie to the rental car, etc., without having to haul my butt through airports pulling someone's arm out of his socket.”
“Regarding the batman new gods rumor i believe it is just a story and not a long term dealie like superman blue, then again i could be totally wrong”
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“So this little dealie is nice to have around … it lets me copy, paste, clear, and even view up-close, any and all icons used on my Mac with a quick right-click: FinderIconCM 1.1 – MacUpdate”
“In the classroom, I find that to most students Vietnam might as well be the Peloponnesian Warsand when was that Persian Gulf dealie again?”
“The president and Mr. Boehner put forward a new proposal, the "ginormous dealie," which gained more traction than the grand bargain but less than the immense understanding.”
“Must have been that daylight savings time dealie that f ucked up their pretend asses …”
“So I went through the various buttons I had gotten and sewed them onto the cowl/neck warmer dealie I had made.”
“ But it will record everything you watch on the TV just like a plane dealie would.”
“I thought this would make a terrific gift for my husband who is an avid reader - the little Kindle dealie can hold something like 200 books!”
“This Week is apparently in some partnership dealie with the BBC and can now be watched in England, lucky England!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dealie’.
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Hold My Place
. . . apologetic statesmen of a compromising kind,
Such as--What d'ye call him--Thing'em-bob, and likewise--Never-mind,
and 'St--'st--'st--and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who-- <...whatchamacallit, thingamajig, doodad, doohickey, doojiggy, gizmo, whosis, whatsis, thingamabob, gadget, widget, jobby and 109 more...
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thingie
pass me that...
thingy, whatsit, doodad, gizmo, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, doohickey, boojum, thingamabob, whatnot, widget, thingummy and 18 more...
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that mean "thing"
thingy, whatsit, dingus, deal, gizmo, hoobie, dealie, um, widget, gadget, whatchamacallit, doodad and 7 more...
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whatsits
there's another of these; this is my local vocab
oojamaflip, dooburyfirkin, wossname, thingummybob, thingummywhatsit, whoosit, whatsit, whatchamacallit, thingumajig, doodad, dealie, whatsisface and 1 more...
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HencePenceDensery's list
These are words I love.
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