gubbins

Meaning

Noun

Fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
Assorted stuff, especially if of little value; tat.
Silly person; fool.

Origin

Ante 1553. From gobbon, from Old French gobon, gobet. Cognate with English gobony ("line of alternating squares").

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