something or other
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"I think Labour certainly deserve a go at it now. I wish there was a third party that could get involved. I've forgotten their name. The Liberal Green something or other," he says mischievously.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024
Jane Lancaster: I came across a reference to Lillian Gilbreth getting a gold medal for something or other.
From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023
Yes, that vague ballad of nothing is just like the first song of so many musicals, when the heroine must declare her yearning for . . . something or other.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023
It is the nothing from which something or other may arise.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2022
He stormed to the obnoxious kid who made the last accusation—Ralphy something or other.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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