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Meaning of SUNDRY

Pronunciation:  'sundree

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  miscellaneous unspecified artifacts; "the trunk was full of stuff"
 
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 Synonyms: stuff, sundries, whatchamacallit, whatsis
 
 See Also: artefact, artifact, bagatelle, bangle, bauble, bric-a-brac, charm, clutter, collectable, collectible, curio, curiosity, dohickey, dojigger, doodad, doohickey, duplicate, etcetera, extra, falderal, fallal, filler, fluff, folderol, frills, frippery, frivolity, gaud, gewgaw, gimcrackery, gimcracks, gimmick, gismo, gizmo, good luck charm, gubbins, hickey, hoodoo, je ne sais quois, keepsake, knickknack, knickknackery, knickknacks, makeweight, mess of pottage, nicknack, nonsense, notion, notions, novelties, novelty, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, prize, prop, property, rarity, relic, small beer, souvenir, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, token, trifle, trinket, trivia, triviality, trophy, trumpery, whatnot

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sun"dry\, a. [OE. sundry, sondry, AS. syndrig, fr.
sundor asunder. See {Sunder}, v. t.]
1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. ``Sundry
   wines.'' --Chaucer. ``Sundry weighty reasons.'' --Shak.
         With many a sound of sundry melody.   --Chaucer.
         Sundry foes the rural realm surround. --Dryden.
2. Separate; diverse. [Obs.]
         Every church almost had the Bible of a sundry
         translation.                          --Coleridge.
{All and sundry}, all collectively, and each separately.
 

 

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