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bidule.

thingamajig

6 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bi.dyl/
  1. thingamajig

    informal · masculine
    C’est quoi ce bidule?
Where this word comes from

Of unknown origin. Possibly from Picard bidoule, berdoule (“mud”). First attested in 1940 as military slang for a mess (in the sense of a dirty or disordered thing).

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