Meanings
- alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of this, that, and the other.
"I aye took your part when folk miscaa'd ye, and said ye were this, that, and the other thing."
1824, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 14, in St.Ronan's Well3 more examples
They insisted upon knowing how this, that, and the other thing would be done in the Cooperative Commonwealth.
1911, Upton Sinclair, Love's Pilgrimage, Book 14Gilligan: I would like to promise you [the people of the island]… Gilligan: I… I'd like to promise you, uh… Just a second! (whispers) Rodriguez: Promise dem “dis, dat, 'n' dee oda ting.” Gilligan: I promise you this, that, and the other thing!
1965 September 30, Sherwood Schwartz, “Little Dictator” (17:11–17:26 from the start), in Gilligan's Island, season 2, episode 3, spoken by “Gilligan” and “El Presidente Rodriguez” (Bob Denver and Nehemiah Persoff)[W]hen people called and wanted to know how I intended to vote or what my opinion was on this, that and the other thing, I used to decline to talk to them.
2002 September 16, Lee Dembart, “For the record”, in New York Times, retrieved 23 Apr 2013
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this, that, and the other thing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/this%2C%20that%2C%20and%20the%20other%20thing
“this, that, and the other thing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/this%2C%20that%2C%20and%20the%20other%20thing. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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