gubbins

1. obsoletepluralplural onlyFragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).

   [H]ough you hungerſtarued gubbins or offales of men, how thriue you, howe periſh you, [...]

   1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 73

2. UKinformalpluralplural onlyAssorted stuff, especially if of little value; tat.

   I had to memorise so much dialogue that never makes it into the movie so I always have a plethora of extra gubbins I can't remember.

   2017 summer, Milla Jovovich, “My Movie Masterming: Resident Evil Special”, in Empire, number 337, page 135

   Synonyms: Sorted by number of Google hits, widget, hickey, gizmo, thingy, gimmick, thingie, jigger

1. UKinformalSilly person; fool.First known use 20th c.

   "Silly gubbins," she said. "You told me twice, and I was interested even the second time. […]"

   1916, Edward Frederic Benson, David Blaize, page 146

   Synonyms: fool

1. pluralplural onlyartsA half-savage race said to live in Devonshire, described by the pastoral poet William Browne, among others.

plural Gubbinses

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.