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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of the same kind; similar.
  • pronoun Persons or things of such a kind.

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  • adjective Of the same or similar kind
  • pronoun Other things of the same kind or type.

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  • adjective of the same kind

Etymologies

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such +‎ -like

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Examples

  • And in case anyone thinks that my comments in the preceding paragraph are harsh, culturally imperialistic, or bigoted, consider this: After Apartheid was overturned in South Africa, after the black majority gained political power, came the issue of what to do with the worst of the torturers and suchlike from the days of Apartheid.

    ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD by FuseProject | Inhabitat 2006

  • She would not, of course, cover illegal immigrants and suchlike, which is an important shade shy of genuinely "universal" coverage, but her plan would come closer than Obama's.

    Bill: Obama Would "Deny Us Universal Health Care" 2009

  • Planes, as you may already know, have big wings because they need a lot of lift to get off the ground and start flying around and suchlike, which is mostly what planes do, although sometimes they just sit on the taxiway getting de-iced and making people impatient.

    ekranoplan: world’s strangest airplane « raincoaster 2006

  • There's also some not-quite-soft-porn 3D, with some scantily clad Japanese women fondling replica guns and having waterfights and suchlike, which isn't even as interesting as it sounds.

    Metal Gear Acid 2 Post-Mortem Greg Tannahill 2006

  • There's also some not-quite-soft-porn 3D, with some scantily clad Japanese women fondling replica guns and having waterfights and suchlike, which isn't even as interesting as it sounds.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Greg Tannahill 2006

  • What a wonderfull word suchlike is, almost as satisfying to type as somesuch.

    Archive 2006-03-01 DAVID BISHOP 2006

  • I am sick of the cant of sentiment and duties and suchlike, which is the mask men use to cover what will not bear considering.

    The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty

  • What I am is a purveyor of bling, bags, and suchlike, which is bliss in comparison, and thankfully doesn't involve instruction manuals.

    British Blogs 2008

  • And it's not done in our profession; and, to tell you the honest truth, I'm not given that way myself -- not to the extent of tracks and suchlike, that is. "

    The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance F. Anstey 1895

  • And if you would have your daughter riggish, bawdry and unclean, and a filthy speaker, and suchlike, bring her up in music and dancing and my life for yours, you have won the goal.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

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  • ..washing

    dished, cooking breakfasts, cleaning ovens,

    scrubbing floors, assisting the Assistant

    Chef and other suchlike quite disagreeable

    activities.

    - Peter Reading, Inter-city, from Fiction, 1979

    June 26, 2008