catch-all

noun

1. something designed to cover a variety of situations or possibilities
2. ( as modifier )
  a catch-all clause

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He was accused of “formalism,” a catch-all accusation that, like “Trotskyite,” had the ring of execution about it.

In the blink of an eye, the hipster has turned into a catch-all scapegoat, guilty for everything from expensive beer to bad music.

“Dyslexia” has become a catch-all term for everything from poor reading skills to complex speech disorders.

When it was first announced, I thought it was a catch-all visit designed to accomplish several objectives at once.

Or is "culture" just a catch-all for "everything we can't readily understand and explain"?

But it was a desert outpost then, a catch-all for the human drift which every whirlwind of discovery sweeps along.

Presently she reached the cove mentioned by Mr. Black as a catch-all for floating timber.

The heavy smell of musk that hung around all of Mabel's belongings sickened me; and why should she make a catch-all of me, anyhow?

Beyond was another apartment, darker than the one in which I stood—a sort of catch-all for the refuse of the former.

This sort of basket also is useful as a "catch-all" when hung at the side of a dressing-bureau.

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