■ plural noun Brit. informal [treated as sing. or plural ] miscellaneous items; paraphernalia.
↘[treated as sing. ] a gadget.
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'fragments'): from obs. gobbon 'piece, slice, gob', from OFr.; prob. related to gobbet .
■ plural noun Brit. informal [treated as sing. or plural ] miscellaneous items; paraphernalia.
↘[treated as sing. ] a gadget.
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'fragments'): from obs. gobbon 'piece, slice, gob', from OFr.; prob. related to gobbet .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004