Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A spurious word, in the passage quoted, intended to denote some instrument of torture.

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Examples

  • Hits approaching 4000,000, thats four hundred thousand, nice one gadge.

    Left Hand, Right Hand « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • Hey gadge, you let this one run and its getting really interesting, at the same time you are nearing that magic, rather large number.

    I Can Tell We’re Going To Be Friends « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • In which case to be the more assuredly resolved, nothing can be questioned, but whether your beleefe do so farre misleade you, as to thinke, that my Ladie (who hath alwayes bene most wise, loyall, and vertuous,) would so shamefullie wrong you: yea, and to performe it before your face, wherein I dare gadge my life to the contrary.

    The Decameron 2004

  • Along with my gas gadge, my interior lights, and my license plate lights, they didn't fix my driver side pop out window ...

    goldylockz22 Diary Entry goldylockz22 2003

  • Even the under-cover gadge, he says his name was Billy, but he wouldnae tell us his surname.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • Her enthusiasm for gadgets is infectious, and she's excited about the opportunity to share that excitement with gadge-lovers at the

    Crave at CNET UK Rich Trenholm 2010

  • StressLevel is a nice gadge tthat was designed to amuse you and also tell you the level of

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

  • Firebox. com, purveyors of all things gadge for menfolk (and the ladies) in the UK ….

    IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis 2009

  • LG goes insanely retro with Franklin Planner branding on SU100 phone Trigem's Atom-based LLUON Mobbit crashes below the $500 UMPC sweet spot South Korean scientists claim development of "true blue" for OLED displays Jan 16th 2009 10: 12PM gadge in FF spellcheck:

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2009

  • That said, YouTube has been a wonderful gadge of public sentiment during the election process.

    The HUMLab blog 2008

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