etceteras
Britishplural noun
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One word was regarded in the late-18th and 19th centuries as so shocking that it was variously rendered "inexpressibles", "indescribables", "etceteras", "unmentionables", "ineffables", "indispensables", "innominables" "inexplicables" and "continuations".
From The Guardian • May 23, 2013
Four hours will amply cover picking the kids up, cleaning the flat, eating, washing and the various etceteras.
From The Guardian • Apr. 26, 2013
This elfin-looking man, usually dressed in a red-plaid shirt, ventured out into the unfamiliar with tape recorder in hand and spoke with people whom he liked to call the etceteras of the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But there would be no limit to what our Lord would want of Patria Mercedes, body and soul and all the etceteras besides.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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No conversation could have survived such an inroad, and by the time Miss Lupin had asked if she should remove the tea etceteras, the review of Pomona's family was forgotten, and Destiny was baffled.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
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