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dingus
din·gus [ díng gəss ] (plural din·gus·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
forgotten name: something whose name has been forgotten or is not known ( informal )

[Late 19th century. Via Dutch, "what's-its-name" < German, form of Ding "thing"]
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