suchlike

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like.

Adjective

suchlike (not comparable)

  1. Of the same or similar kind.
    • 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fayre, Induction:
      If there bee neuer a Seruant-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, []
    • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:
      For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.

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Pronoun

suchlike

  1. Other things of the same kind or type.
    • 2020, Washington Post:
      That is, we use reading not just as a means to educate ourselves, or to “explore other worlds” and suchlike, but to literally keep our distance from others.

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