laundry list
Use Laundry list in a sentencelaundry list
noun Informal.
a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
Origin:
1955–60
1955–60
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| (US), (Canadian) a list of items perceived as being long: a laundry list of complaints | |
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Laundry list
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Example sentences
Physics isn't a laundry list of pseudo political top ten ideas from x field versus y field.
The section includes a non-exclusive laundry list of management rights.
Sugar has been blamed for a laundry list of health problems, including obesity and diabetes.
Not to mention the laundry list of duties employers are looking for, barely paying above minimum wage.
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