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such and such
adjective
- definite or particular, but not named or specified:
They turned out to be such and such kind of people.
noun
- something or someone not specified:
if such and such should happen.
Word History and Origins
Origin of such and such1
Idioms and Phrases
Not specified, unnamed and undetermined, as in They agreed to meet at such and such a time and place . [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
The man was a member of the Los Angeles police force investigating a disturbance at such-and-such and address.
Every time we leave a screening there are more Blackberry alerts that such-and-such has sold to so-and-so.
You may believe that such-and-such a horse will win the Derby.
But the story of Mrs. So-and-so's indiscretion while still Miss Such-and-such must be talked of more guardedly.
There were such-and-such trucks available here, and such-and-such troops available there.
The elements of the problem are such-and-such; how can they be combined to yield a solution?
I might tell you of a pretty picture or a rich mosaic in such-and-such a room.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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