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sundries

[ suhn-dreez ]

/ ˈsʌn driz /

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plural noun

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

RELATED WORDS

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

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Origin of sundries

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for sundries

He has a considerable wholesale trade in patent medicines and druggists' sundries.
Twentieth Century Negro Literature|Various
You must be prepared to pay at least 150 (or to get someone to pay it for you) for sundries.
Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, May 30, 1891|Various
It consisted of some fifty animals laden with medicines, musk, and sundries.
Three Years in Western China|Alexander Hosie
He calculated printing and sundries as costing four thousand, and that the remainder would be net profit.
The Life of Sir Richard Burton|Thomas Wright

The sundries included ninety-seven snipe, the greatest number ever made in one season.
Twenty-Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors|William Alexander Adams

Word Origin and History for sundries

sundries

n.

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

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper