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somesuch en · ADJ

Etymology

Univerbation of some + such.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of the same or similar kind.
   • 1816, The Idler, Number 86, Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, The Works of Samuel Johnson, 1816 ed. the elevation of my apartments furnished a subject for conversation, which, without somesuch help, we should have been in danger of wanting.
   • somesuch excuse.

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Synonyms

suchlike

somesuch en · PRON

Etymology

Univerbation of some + such.

Meanings

1. Other things of the same kind or type.
   • I never did have a full name down in my daybook for him, just Sam or Joe or somesuch, I can't recollect that now. 1955, Wilma Dykeman, The French Broad:

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some such		alternative	lexicographic

Synonyms

suchlike