/ (ˈɡʌbɪnz) / noun informal. (functioning as singular) an object of little or no value. (functioning as singular) a small device or gadget. (functioning as plural) odds and ends; litter or rubbish.
What is the meaning for Gubbins?
1 dialectal, British : fish parings or refuse broadly : any bits and pieces : scraps. 2 British : gadgets, gadgetry the gubbins for changing a tire all the navigational gubbins— J. L. Rhys. 3 British : a foolish or futile person : simpleton you silly gubbins.
How do you use Gubbins in a sentence?
gubbins in a sentence
- A stream ends in a swallow-hole called Gubbins Hole.
- Churchill appointed Colonel Colin Gubbins to found the Auxiliary Units.
- Maybe an ini file or some sort of XML gubbins.
- The pressbook reports that the artwork was provided by importer Tom Gubbins.
