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such and suchor such-and-such SEE SYNONYMS FOR such and such ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedefinite or particular, but not named or specified: They turned out to be such and such kind of people. nounsomething or someone not specified: if such and such should happen. Origin of such and suchlate Middle English word dating back to 1400–50 Words nearby such and suchsuccumb, succursal, succus, succuss, such, such and such, such as, such as it is, suchlike, suchness, Su-chou Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for such and suchThe man was a member of the Los Angeles police force investigating a disturbance at such-and-such and address. The Stacks: Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself: Robert Mitchum|Robert Ward|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST Every time we leave a screening there are more Blackberry alerts that such-and-such has sold to so-and-so. The Details on 'The Details'|Nicole LaPorte|January 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST This does not mean ordering a bayonet charge, or the firing of a volley at such-and-such o'clock. The Armed Forces Officer|U. S. Department of Defense At the question, 'When you were working with Dmitri, didn't you see anyone on the staircase at such-and-such a time?' Crime and Punishment|Fyodor Dostoevsky
You may believe that such-and-such a horse will win the Derby. The Analysis of Mind|Bertrand Russell Why must they fold their bed-clothes in such-and-such an exact way? Nights in London|Thomas Burke The department had a report that such-and-such a car was stolen. The Auto Boys' Vacation|James A. Braden
Idioms and Phrases with such and such
Not specified, unnamed and undetermined, as in They agreed to meet at such and such a time and place. [Mid-1500s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to such and suchunexplored, exotic, unidentified, remote, undiscovered, unfamiliar, foreign, strange, anonymous, new, nameless, unnamed, uncharted, unexplained, unrecognized, undisclosed, unsigned, dark, alien, far |