A fork of Rural Dictionary
general clutter, stuff, a collection or assortment of unconnected items.
He had a lot of gubbins in his backpack
Gubbins = stuff. A common expression in Northern England, and the better parts of the rest of the world.
Neil: "Where's the 27mm impact socket?" Zippy: "It's over there on the floor, next to that pile of welding gubbins."
a phase of adolescence involving wearing tight lycra, docking and attractions to similarly dressed men siiting in a long thin boat. origin: James Gubbins of radley college 1923-1928 and his extrravagent exploits.
'Ooooo he is a bit gubbins'graham said as he was entered by James 'He's going through gubbins at the moment' john said when asked about his son.