sundries

[suhn-dreez]

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plural noun

sundry things or items, especially small, miscellaneous items of little value.Compare notion(def 6).

Origin of sundries

First recorded in 1805–15; noun plural use of sundry

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Related Words for sundries

rest, melee, litter, debris, jumble, oddment, remains, mishmash, motley, potpourri, rummage, leavings, hodgepodge, etcetera, rubbish, assortment, remainder, refuse, patchwork, medley

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Historical Examples of sundries

Each member is allowed to draw for mileage, per diem, and ‘sundries.’
The Clansman
Thomas Dixon
Besides, this is to cover all the sundries you cannot charge as household expenses.
Heartsease
Charlotte M. Yonge
In addition to this, she must have 600 quarterly for sundries not to be accounted for.
The Birth of the Nation
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor
It consisted of some fifty animals laden with medicines, musk, and sundries.
Three Years in Western China
Alexander Hosie
The total to my own bag was 674 brace of grouse, and 48½ brace of sundries.
Twenty-Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors
William Alexander Adams

Word Origin and History for sundries

n.

1755, plural of sundry (adj.) used as a noun.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper