yokibus en · NOUN
Etymology
From yoke + jocular Latin -ibus. Compare thingumajig.
Meanings
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(Ireland, dated, no-plural, slang) A miscellaneous thing or whimsical contraption; a thingamajig.
With your permission, Sir, I propose to have this “yokibus” ["a badge bearing caricatures and words of a ludicrously stage-Irish nature"] made available in the Library so every Deputy will have an opportunity of seeing the way this country is being caricatured by the Government.
1961, Jack McQuillan, Dáil Éireann debates, Vol.189 no.1 p.17 cc.16-17 9 May 1961O'HORAN: (Taking a rise:) You had invented a yokibus, your letter said, that was on a par with p'ison gas.
1994 [set in 1929], Hugh Leonard, "Senna For Sonny", Plays International, Vol.10 p.38