laundry list

noun

Informal.

1. a lengthy, especially random list of items.

   a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.

laundry list

noun

1. a list of items perceived as being long

   a laundry list of complaints

Word History and Origins

Origin of laundry list¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

And they have a laundry list of reasons that they believe they were “forced”—and you’ll sense the sarcasm in my voice—to invade Ukraine.

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But they make a lot more sense as a laundry list of mob-boss rewards and punishments, which is much closer to the truth.

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The trust fund that pays awards, for instance, could run out of money if the government made it easy for Kennedy’s laundry list of common health problems to qualify for payments from the fund.

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"I was asked to set up a laundry list of items for him," says Pines.

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The spirit of the Ojai festival need not be conveyed by a laundry list of composers and works or by value judgments.

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