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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: gadget

widget

 noun
     
wid‧get [countable]
1 spoken a small piece of equipment that you do not know the name for
2 informal used to refer to an imaginary product that a company might produce:
Company A produces 6000 widgets a month at a unit price of $0.33.
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