all-sorts
plural noun
a mixture, esp a mixture of liquorice sweets
all-sorts
Britishplural noun
all sorts
Idioms
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Of course he had been sent to live at the "men's hut" amongst the all-sorts that at shearing season crowd that unsavoury abode.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada
He found the bar-room crowded, but not with the usual Regatta Night throng of all-sorts.
From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Well, she was engaged to a man named Duncan: he was a widower with three or four children; he had the all-sorts shop down the village, only he moved last year.
From Uncle Max by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
We've got six or eight all-sorts, some awake and some asleep, but I suppose we shall have to let 'em go again.
From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Rohmer, Sax
The Doctor, he fried up a dish of all-sorts in his happiest manner and took it around in a cheerful voice.
From Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters by Phillips, Henry Wallace
When certain stocks have been rising for a while, all sorts of “Number Go Up” bros and fund managers jump on board, driving them even higher.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
"It's more likely that when Australia was part of Gondwana it was swarming with all sorts of bizarre, primitive marsupial-like things, and that several of them survived and led to our modern lineages."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
I know there’s all sorts of conspiracy theories going along, and I don’t think the FBI… I think the FBI is wasting their time if they’re doing that,” Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
People were more upset about Tilly than about all sorts of things going on in Washington.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
For centuries, painters tried all sorts of tricks with perspective to make paintings look like they weren’t flat.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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