"frobnitz" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: frobnitzes [plural]
Etymology: Coined c. 1958 by David R. Sawyer of the MIT Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) as a fanciful name for model railroad parts, perhaps originally as a proper noun. More general use presumably dates from the 1960s, as it is not found in the TMRC dictionaries of 1959 or 1960. Etymology templates: {{circa2|1958|short=yes}} c. 1958 Head templates: {{en-noun}} frobnitz (plural frobnitzes)
  1. Synonym of gizmo Wikipedia link: Peter Samson, Tech Model Railroad Club Synonyms: gizmo [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: frob, frobnicate
    Sense id: en-frobnitz-en-noun-S-wVXGxx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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