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what-have-you

what-have-you is the alternative spelling of what have you.

Meaning of what have you

Pronoun

what have you

  1. (colloquial) Any of several additional, unmentioned things.
    • He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters.1997, Pete McDonald, Climbing Lessons: Inside Outdoor Education, page 40

Questions about what-have-you

What is what-have-you the alternative spelling of?
What-have-you is the alternative spelling of what have you.

Words near what-have-you in the dictionary

  1. what-d'ye-call-'ems
  2. what-d'ye-call-it
  3. what-d'ye-call-its
  4. what-do-you-call-it
  5. what-do-you-call-its
  6. what-have-you
  7. what-if
  8. what-iffed
  9. what-iffery
  10. what-iffing
  11. what-ifs

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