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such-like

such-like is the alternative form of suchlike.

Meaning of suchlike

Adjective

suchlike (not comparable)

  1. Of the same or similar kind.
    • If there bee neuer a Seruant-monſter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ſayes ; nor a neſt of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like thoſe that beget Tales, Tempeſts, and ſuch like Drolleries, […]1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fayre, Induction
    Synonyms:
    somesuch

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Questions about such-like

What is such-like the alternative form of?
Such-like is the alternative form of suchlike.

Words near such-like in the dictionary

  1. such like
  2. such or such
  3. such that
  4. such-and-such
  5. such-and-suches
  6. such-like
  7. Suchan
  8. Suchans
  9. suche
  10. Sucheng
  11. Sucher

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