Etymology

gubbins

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Today it means: Fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish). Full definition →

First used 20th c.Middle English goboun ← Anglo-Norman gobon
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gubbins · noun, noun1

  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromgobon
  2. Middle English · derived fromgoboun
  3. English todaygubbins

Ante 1553. From gobbin (“piece, portion, slice”), from Middle English goboun, from Anglo-Norman gobon. Compare with English gobony (“line of alternating squares”).

Gubbins · proper noun2

Patronymic surname from a variant of the personal name Gibbon.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. Silly person; fool.

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