"what have you" meaning in English

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Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} what have you
  1. (colloquial) Any of several additional, unmentioned things Tags: colloquial Synonyms: what-have-you, whathaveyou Related terms: whatnot, and so on, et cetera, such-and-such, suchlike, you name it Translations (any of several additional things): 之類的 (Chinese Mandarin), 之类的 (zhīlèi de) (Chinese Mandarin), 什麼的 (Chinese Mandarin), 什么的 (shénmede) (Chinese Mandarin), 等等 (děngděng) (Chinese Mandarin), sen semmoista (Finnish), jokin (Finnish), quoi que ce soit (French), que sais-je encore (French), was immer (German), was auch immer (German), und so weiter (German), og þvíumlíkt (Icelandic), и про́чее (i próčeje) (Russian), и вся́кая вся́чина (i vsjákaja vsjáčina) (Russian), y tal (Spanish)

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          "ref": "1997, Pete McDonald, Climbing Lessons: Inside Outdoor Education, page 40",
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