"oojah" meaning in English

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          "word": "oojah capivvy"
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          "ref": "1919, P.H.M., “Our Translation Prize”, in The Educational Times, page 470:",
          "text": "Expect I shall get a raspberry from the old Oojah if I arrive (with the milk) blotto. Never mind, I have not had a backshee binge for years!",
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          "ref": "1951, Terence Rattigan, “Who is Sylvia?”, in The collected plays of Terence Rattigan, published 1953, page 211:",
          "text": "DAPHNE. I say, old bean, where’s the oojah?\nMARK. The oojah?\nDAPHNE: The om-tiddly-om-pom.",
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          "text": "CUT-THE-RASHER: Aye, indeed – Mary Doyle’s missing her bit of comfort.\nMRS DOYLE: G’long you dirty-minded ould hoojah. That’s one thing anyway: we won’t have to be putting up with you once we leave the lane.",
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          "ref": "1971, Brian Aldiss, A Soldier Erect, page 94:",
          "text": "I’ve seen blokes in hot countries go clean round the oojar because of the perverted practices of native women.",
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        "Something whose name is unknown or unimportant; a thingy; a whatsit."
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        "(slang) Something whose name is unknown or unimportant; a thingy; a whatsit."
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          "text": "CUT-THE-RASHER: Aye, indeed – Mary Doyle’s missing her bit of comfort.\nMRS DOYLE: G’long you dirty-minded ould hoojah. That’s one thing anyway: we won’t have to be putting up with you once we leave the lane.",
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