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名詞

chingadera (plural chingaderas)

1. (US, vulgar, Spanglish) A miscellaneous object for which one does not know, or has forgotten, its proper name; a doohickey, contraption, thingamabob, or widget.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thingy

   • 1946, My Darling Clementine, dir. John Ford, written by Samuel G. Engel, Winston Miller

     “There goes that chingadera again.”

   • 2003, Richard Yañez, El Paso del Norte: Stories on the Border, University of Nevada Press, page 27:

     “The chingadera was heavy. […] ”

   • 2008, Margo Candela, More Than This: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, page 187:

     “What is this chingadera, Son?”

   • 2009, B. C. Legans, Cerro, iUniverse, page 237:

     “Back in the old days they used any kind of chingadera to make a whatever. […] ”