dimsedutter

English translation: knick-knacks

20:49 May 16, 2013
Danish to English translations [PRO]
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Danish term or phrase: dimsedutter
"En lækker butik med økologiske dimsedutter og brugskunst fra hele verden."
york_iam
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:45
English translation:knick-knacks
Explanation:
alternatively: trinkets or thingamajigs
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Signe Golly
Denmark
Local time: 17:45
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knick-knacks


Explanation:
alternatively: trinkets or thingamajigs

Example sentence(s):
  • Her house was full of decorative knick-knacks
  • Hey - hand me that thingamajig!
Signe Golly
Denmark
Local time: 17:45
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen: Thingamajigs is fine. Dippedutter and dimser are more common - dimsedutter is a mixture! Dimser can be widgets, but they are all thingies or elaborations on that theme...
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