Complete Definition of "laundry list"

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Noun
en-noun|sg=laundry list

#archaic Originally, a list of articles of clothing that had been sent to be laundered.
#*1920, Scouting for Girls: Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts, First Edition, The Girl Scouts, Inc., page 126,
#*:Learn how to make out a laundry list and to check it when the laundry comes home.
#Hence, a long list of items, especially an exhaustive one.

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