laundry list

  • 11laundry list — noun Date: 1958 a usually long list of items < the laundry list of new consumer protection bills N. C. Miller > …

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  • 12laundry list — noun a long or exhaustive list …

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  • 13laundry list — noun (C) AmE a list you write to remind you of things you have to do or buy …

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  • 14laundry list — n. list of tasks to be done …

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  • 15(a) laundry list — mainly American a long list of subjects. It wasn t much of a speech just a laundry list of accusations against the government. (usually + of) …

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  • 16Laundry — is hung to dry above an Italian street. Laundry hanging out of flats for d …

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  • 17laundry — (n.) late 14c., place for washing; mid 15c. act of washing, from O.Fr. lavanderie, from L. lavandaria, pl. of lavandarium things to be washed, from lavare to wash (see LAVE (Cf. lave)). As a verb, from 1880. Laundry list in figurative sense is&#8230; …

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  • 18laundry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clean, dirty … OF LAUNDRY ▪ pile ▪ There was a pile of clean laundry on her bed. VERB + LAUNDRY ▪ …

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  • 19list — ▪ I. list list 1 [lɪst] noun [countable] a set of items such as figures, names etc that belong to a particular group, written down one after the other: • detailed lists of proposed prices see also blacklist, checklist ˈfocus list …

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  • 20list — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Enumeration Nouns 1. list, catalog, beadroll, record, register, cadastre, registry, directory; tabulation, tally [sheet], file; tariff, schedule; menu; docket, calendar; waiting list, honor roll, hit&#8230; …

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