such and such
or such-and-such
Origin of such and such
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Related Words for such and such
unexplored, exotic, unidentified, remote, undiscovered, unfamiliar, foreign, strange, anonymous, new, nameless, unnamed, uncharted, unexplained, unrecognized, undisclosed, unsigned, dark, alien, farExamples from the Web for such and such
Contemporary Examples of such and such
The man was a member of the Los Angeles police force investigating a disturbance at such-and-such and address.
Every time we leave a screening there are more Blackberry alerts that such-and-such has sold to so-and-so.
Historical Examples of such and such
They carried such-and-such bombs in such-and-such quantities.
Pariah PlanetMurray Leinster
I am pressed to own that such-and-such a character "is taken from So-and-so."
The Lowest RungMary Cholmondeley
They dined together at Isaac Leveson's on such-and-such dates.'
A Black AdonisLinn Boyd Porter
Why must they fold their bed-clothes in such-and-such an exact way?
Nights in LondonThomas Burke
An officer should not ask a man: "Would you like to do such-and-such a task?"
The Armed Forces OfficerU. S. Department of Defense
such and such
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