such-and-such

plural such-and-suches · alternative such and such

1. A placeholder or generic thing.

   It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.

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   […] it has answered numerous questions as to what such-and-such a locomotive designer would have done, to keep pace with increasing demand for tractive power, had he held office for just a little longer.

   1941 June, “Great Northern 0-6-2 Tanks”, in Railway Magazine, page 256

   We always rub our hands too much / We know the reasons, but such and such

   2006, “Master of None”, performed by Beach House

   Every once in awhile, I get an email that questions my commitment to the Messiah, usually in the form of “if he believes such and such, then he must not believe that Jesus is God” or something like that.

   2016 March 21, Skip Moen, “About Skip”, in skipmoen.com

alternative such and such

1. indefinite; some or other, not stated

   I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes.