whatnottery

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noun

Assorted items, concepts, etc.; a miscellany or hodgepodge.

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Meanings

nounwhatnottery (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAssorted items, concepts, etc.; a miscellany or hodgepodge.

    ...his parents' small home that burst with house plants and whatnottery...

    1997, John Hersey, The Algiers Motel incident
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    ...covering up the usual clutter of wires, batteries, gas lines, and other whatnottery.

    1963 May, Popular Science, volume 182, number 5

    'Ghastly,' as one wife put it, 'just a lower middle-class suburb with intellectual whatnottery instead of privet hedges.'

    2003, John D Sutherland, Towards Community Mental Health

Origin

From what not + -ery.

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APA

whatnottery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatnottery

MLA

“whatnottery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatnottery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whatnottery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whatnottery.

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