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such and such
or such-and-such
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adjective
definite or particular, but not named or specified: They turned out to be such and such kind of people.
noun
something or someone not specified: if such and such should happen.
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Origin of such and such
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Other Idioms and Phrases with such and such
such and such
Not specified, unnamed and undetermined, as in They agreed to meet at such and such a time and place. [Mid-1500s]
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