suchlike

See also: such like

English

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Etymology

From such +‎ like.

Adjective

suchlike (not comparable)

  1. Of the same or similar kind.
    • 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fayre, Induction:
      If there bee never a Servant-monster i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he sayes ; nor a nest of Antiques ?   Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like those that beget Tales, Tempests, and such like Drolleries, […]

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Pronoun

suchlike

  1. Other things of the same kind or type.
    Audio CDs, tapes, and suchlike.

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Usage notes
  • The word is morphologically redundant in form, as the first element such is itself equivalent to so +‎ like, thereby rendering the whole word as corresponding to so +‎ like +‎ like.
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