so-and-so
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so-and-so
(sō′ən-sō′)pron.
An unnamed or unspecified person or thing.
n. pl. so-and-sos
Informal A son of a gun.
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so-and-so
n, pl so-and-sos
1. a person whose name is forgotten or ignored: so-and-so came to see me.
2. euphemistic a person or thing regarded as unpleasant or difficult: which so-and-so broke my razor?.
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so′-and-so`
n., pl. so-and-sos.
1. a person or thing not definitely named.
2. a bastard (used as a euphemism).
[1590–1600]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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so-and-so
noun
1. what's-his-name or what's-her-name, X, what-d'you-call-him or what-d'you-call-her, whatsit, thingummy, thingamajig If Mrs So-and-so was ill, then someone down the street would come in and clean for her.
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so-and-so
[ˈsəʊənsəʊ] N (so-and-sos (pl))Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[ˈsəʊənˌsəʊ] n (somebody) → un(a) taleMr/Mrs so-and-so (fam) → signor/signora tal dei tali
he's a so-and-so! (fam) → che tipo odioso che è!
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