Meaning & use
sundries
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various small items or matters too minor to be named individually.
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The receipt listed toothpaste, batteries, and other sundries.
She kept a drawer of sundries -- pens, tape, spare buttons -- for whenever she needed them.
A note on using this word
Almost always used in the plural; a single miscellaneous item is rarely called a sundry in everyday speech.
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