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noun
Date: 1958
a usually long list of items <the laundry list of new consumer-protection bills — N. C. Miller>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
laundry list
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laundry list — UK US noun [C] ► a long list of things, people, or subjects: »I can recite a laundry list of things wrong with this machine. »An impressive laundry list of accomplishments is no match for a demonstration of what you can do … Financial and business terms
laundry list — laundry lists N COUNT: usu N of n If you describe something as a laundry list of things, you mean that it is a long list of them. ...a laundry list of reasons why shareholders should reject the bid … English dictionary
laundry list — n informal a list of a lot of different things ▪ a laundry list of criticisms … Dictionary of contemporary English
laundry list — laundry ,list noun count a long list of things that someone needs, wants, or has to do: a laundry list of complaints … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
laundry list — n. Informal a lengthy, inclusive list of data, matters for consideration, etc., often one regarded as unorganized or showing a lack of necessary selectiveness … English World dictionary
laundry list — noun Etymology: so called from the listing of articles of clothing sent to a laundry : a usually long list of items the laundry list of new consumer protection bills N.C.Miller * * * noun, pl ⋯ lists [count] informal : a long list of related… … Useful english dictionary
laundry list — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms laundry list : singular laundry list plural laundry lists a long list of things that someone needs, wants, or has to do a laundry list of complaints … English dictionary
laundry list — laun′dry list n. cvb inf a lengthy, esp. random list of items: a laundry list of new products; a laundry list of requests[/ex] • Etymology: 1955–60 … From formal English to slang
laundry list — n. any long list of things. (See also shopping list.) □ He came to the interview with a laundry list of things. □ Now I have a laundry list of items we have to discuss … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
laundry list — Informal. a lengthy, esp. random list of items: a laundry list of hoped for presents; a laundry list of someone s crimes. [1955 60] * * * … Universalium
