dingus

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Hydrogen's one plus, if that double-hook dingus is a plus sign; Helium's four-plus, that's right.

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  • So he took the loose dingus, which dangled a cord which connected to the box. —  Geis of the Gargoyle
  • I don't know if it was Sam or some other dingus that has been doing it, but way to go dude. —  bynkii.com
  • "You've got your dingus" - Jake Tapper says that Barack Obama … —  memeorandum
  • Posts: 2654 dingus wrote: Then I started noticing this gate cinching effect - and once noticed, I noticed it A LOT.
  • Posts: 12 dingus wrote: That article is misleading and I don't accept the advice offered.
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  1. Dutch dinges, whatchamacallit, from German Dings, from Middle High German dinges, genitive of dinc, thing, from Old High German ding, thing, assembly, case, thing.
 

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