"thus and such" meaning in English

See thus and such in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: En-au-thus and such.ogg [Australia] Forms: thus and suches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} thus and such (plural thus and suches)
  1. (idiomatic) A placeholder or generic name for something. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: so-and-so, such-and-such, this and that, thus and so

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for thus and such meaning in English (1.6kB)

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