/ ˈgʌbɪnz; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( old-fashioned , BrE , informal ) various things that are not important :
All the gubbins that came with the computer is still in the box.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (in the sense fragments ): from obsolete gobbon piece, slice, gob , from Old French ; probably related to gobbet . Current senses date from the early 20th cent.