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English
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Etymology
From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like.
Adjective
suchlike (not comparable)
- Of the same or similar kind.
- 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fayre, Induction:
- 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,
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.
Translations
of the same or similar kind
Pronoun
suchlike
- Other things of the same kind or type.
2020, Washington Post:That is, we use reading not just as a means to educate ourselves, or to “explore other worlds” and suchlike, but to literally keep our distance from others.
Translations
Noun
suchlike (plural suchlikes)
- A thing of the same kind or type.
1999, William Carroll, Self Publishing Made Easy, page 229:Entertainment is the name of the media game which may include your telling about why the book was written, fun stuff about completing the manuscript […] or suchlikes to liven the interview.
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