so-and-so
Example Sentences
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I can’t imagine anyone telling Mom, “Meet so-and-so. She’s forty-nine just like you!”
From Literature
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“When I see the shoes that so-and-so wore or the dress that so-and-so wore, they seem to me like butterflies that once flew and now they’re dead,” Iñárritu says.
From Los Angeles Times
And I started naming names, thinking is so-and-so on Frankie’s list?
From Salon
“I went from so-and-so to so-and-so, trying out studios, making promises I couldn’t keep. But all that stuff over the weeks just kind of flaked away.”
From Los Angeles Times
Then there’s the trend of introducing something by saying such-and-such or so-and-so “has entered the chat.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.