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such and such

–noun
1. definite or particular, but not named or specified: They turned out to be such and such kind of people.
2. something or someone not specified: if such and such should happen.
Also, such-and-such.


Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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such and such  
adj.  Not specified; unnamed or undetermined: They agreed to meet at such and such an hour.
pron.  Something unspecified or undetermined.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Idioms & Phrases

such and such

Not specified, unnamed and undetermined, as in They agreed to meet at such and such a time and place. [Mid-1500s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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