laundry list

noun Informal.

a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.

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Origin:
1955–60

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laundry list

—n
	(US), (Canadian) a list of items perceived as being long: a laundry list of complaints

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