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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An item-by-item enumeration.
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- noun archaic Originally, a list of articles of
clothing that had been sent to belaundered . - noun idiomatic, by extension A long and often
tedious list of items.
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ecbrenner commented on the word laundry list
"'Laundry list'" characterizes the list as a somewhat lengthy, discombobulated (or random) set of rather trivial items." --Amy Einsohn
January 28, 2009