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whatnottery

whatnottery noun: assorted items, concepts, etc.; a miscellany or hodgepodge.

Noun

whatnottery (uncountable)

  1. Assorted items, concepts, etc.; a miscellany or hodgepodge.
    • ...covering up the usual clutter of wires, batteries, gas lines, and other whatnottery.1963 May, Popular Science, volume 182, number 5
    • ...his parents' small home that burst with house plants and whatnottery...1997, John Hersey, The Algiers Motel incident

Origin of whatnottery

From what not + -ery.

Questions about whatnottery

What does whatnottery mean?
Whatnottery means assorted items, concepts, etc.; a miscellany or hodgepodge.
What part of speech is whatnottery?
Whatnottery is a noun.

Words near whatnottery in the dictionary

  1. whatna
  2. whatness
  3. whatnesses
  4. whatnot
  5. whatnots
  6. whatnottery
  7. whats
  8. whats'erface
  9. whats'ername
  10. whats'ernames
  11. whats'isface

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