such-and-such
See also: such and such
English
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editNoun
editsuch-and-such (plural such-and-suches)
- A placeholder or generic thing.
- It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.
- 1941 June, “Great Northern 0-6-2 Tanks”, in Railway Magazine, page 256:
- […] it has answered numerous questions as to what such-and-such a locomotive designer would have done, to keep pace with increasing demand for tractive power, had he held office for just a little longer.
- 2006, “Master of None”, performed by Beach House:
- We always rub our hands too much / We know the reasons, but such and such
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:whatsaname
Related terms
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editgeneric placeholder
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Determiner
edit- indefinite; some or other, not stated
- I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes.
Translations
editindefinite; some or other
See also
editReferences
edit- “such-and-such”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.