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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. Sucevița
  2. such
  3. such and such
  4. such as
  5. such is life
  6. such like
  7. such or such
  8. such that
  9. such-and-such
  10. such-and-suches
  11. such-like

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