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Word: thingumajigs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1948-1948
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Usage:

Having recently decided to run for President, Howdy adds a new "thingumajig" to his platform each week from viewers' suggestions (samples: cut-rate banana splits, more pictures in history books, free circus and rodeo admissions). Last week Howdy announced that he would send campaign buttons to any child who wrote in. Two days later, the first order of 5,000 buttons had been exhausted, and requests were still arriving by the sackful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Howdy | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

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