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whatnot

[ hwuht-not, hwot-, wuht-, wot- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a stand with shelves for bric-a-brac, books, etc.
something or anything of the same or similar kind:
sheets, pillowcases, towels, napkins, and whatnot.

whatnot

/ ˈwɒtˌnɒt /

informal.
Also calledwhat-d'you-call-it a person or thing the name of which is unknown, temporarily forgotten, or deliberately overlooked
informal.
unspecified assorted material
a portable stand with shelves, used for displaying ornaments, etc

Origin of whatnot¹

First recorded in 1530–40; from the phrase what not?

You can put this whole thing—the supply chain and whatnot, and do it with hamburgers.

It just feeds the fire of materialism, and feeds the fire of make up, and false attire, and whatnot.

And then, when I took her with me to different places and whatnot, she was always very interested.

And when people come by the counter—the crew and whatnot—I see them grabbing a little piece of skin.

You have all these catchphrases—“yum-o”, “oh my gravy” and whatnot.

Shes all the time sending messages to BB, and to soldiers and Injuns and whatnot, and to the animals.

My Mind wanders in sex-chaos and muses on piquant impure things, enchanting villainies, odd inversions, whatnot.

Strange to say, even the wax-dipped wreath that hung in its circular black frame over the whatnot did not appeal to her.

The whatnot with her books on it, the things on the table, the bed—all bore fresh traces of a search.

Our whatnot, our writingtable where we never wrote, aunt Hegarty's armchair, our classic reprints of old masters.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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