• (British) IPA: /ˈɡʌb.ɪnz/

1. (obsolete) fragment#Noun|Fragments; paring#Noun|parings; scrap#Noun|scraps (especially of fish#Noun|fish).
   • 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: Printed [by Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], OCLC 228714942 ↗; reprinted Menston, West Yorkshire: The Scolar Press, 1971, →ISBN, page 79 ↗:

     [H]ough you hungerſtarued gubbins or offales of men, how thriue you, howe periſh you, [...]

2. (Britain, informal) assorted#Adjective|Assorted stuff#Noun|stuff, especially if of little value#Noun|value; tat#Noun|tat.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:thingy, Thesaurus:trifle

gubbins (plural gubbins)

1. (UK, informal) Silly person; fool. [from 20th c.]

• (silly person) See Thesaurus:fool

1. (folklore) A half-savage race said to live in Devonshire, described by the pastoral poet William Browne, among others.