such and such
or such-and-such
definite or particular, but not named or specified: They turned out to be such and such kind of people.
something or someone not specified: if such and such should happen.
Origin of such and such
1Words Nearby such and such
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How to use such and such in a sentence
The 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 | THE DAILY BEASTEvery 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.
The Analysis of Mind | Bertrand RussellBut the story of Mrs. So-and-so's indiscretion while still Miss Such-and-such must be talked of more guardedly.
Somehow Good | William de MorganThere were such-and-such trucks available here, and such-and-such troops available there.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
The elements of the problem are such-and-such; how can they be combined to yield a solution?
Sentiment, Inc. | Poul William AndersonI might tell you of a pretty picture or a rich mosaic in such-and-such a room.
The Wonders of Pompeii | Marc Monnier
Other 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]
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