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this, that, and the other thing en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only) Alternative form of this, that, and the other.
   alt of and the other
   alt of that
   alt of this
   • [W]hen people called and wanted to know how I intended to vote or what my opinion was on this, that and the other thing, I used to decline to talk to them. 2002 September 16, Lee Dembart, “For the record”, in New York Times, retrieved 23 Apr 2013:
   • They insisted upon knowing how this, that, and the other thing would be done in the Cooperative Commonwealth. 1911, Upton Sinclair, Love's Pilgrimage, Book 14:
   • Gilligan: I would like to promise you [the people of the island]… Gilligan: I… I'd like to promise you, uh… Just a second! (whispers) Rodriguez: Promise dem “dis, dat, 'n' dee oda ting.” Gilligan: I promise you this, that, and the other thing! 1965 September 30, Sherwood Schwartz, “Little Dictator” (17:11–17:26 from the start), in Gilligan's Island, season 2, episode 3, spoken by “Gilligan” and “El Presidente Rodriguez” (Bob Denver and Nehemiah Persoff):
   • "I aye took your part when folk miscaa'd ye, and said ye were this, that, and the other thing." 1824, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 14, in St.Ronan's Well: