Meanings
- Irelanddatedno pluralslangA miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig.
O'HORAN: (Taking a rise:) You had invented a yokibus, your letter said, that was on a par with p'ison gas.
1994 [set in 1929], Hugh Leonard, "Senna For Sonny", Plays International, Vol.10 p.381 more example
With your permission, Sir, I propose to have this “yokibus” ["a badge bearing caricatures and words of a ludicrously stage-Irish nature"] made available in the Library so every Deputy will have an opportunity of seeing the way this country is being caricatured by the Government.
1961, Jack McQuillan, Dáil Éireann debates, Vol.189 no.1 p.17 cc.16-17 9 May 1961
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latin-ibus
- Englishyokibus
From yoke + jocular Latin -ibus. Compare thingumajig.
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