“I'm going to make some little doohickey out of paperclips for the next half hour and then maybe wander off and get a candy bar.”

“But he brought aboard a doohickey that recharges your cellphone from your laptop.”

“The sensible thing now would be to repackage the doohickey and take it to the nearest charity shop.”

“Pie bakers can stick these little ceramic doohickeys, usually shaped like birds, into their pies so that steam can escape.”

“The first thing that caught my eye was one of those plastic doohickeys that six-packs of soda come in.”

“You'll find no winged doohickeys or portable thingamajigs here.”