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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

Words nearby such and such

succulent, succumb, succursal, succuss, such, such and such, such as, such as it is, suchlike, suchness, Su-chou
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Words related to such and such

nameless, undisclosed, unidentified, unnamed, unsigned, anonymous, exotic, foreign, new, remote, strange, uncharted, undiscovered, unexplained, unexplored, unfamiliar, unrecognized, alien, dark, far

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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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