Yokiebus

n.

Heard in Tipperary

A universal placeholder name for any gadget, object, or thingymijig whose actual title escapes the speaker.

Hand us that little yokiebus for tightening the kitchen table leg will ya?

Posh English

Be so good as to hand us that small whatsit for securing the culinary table leg, would you?

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