sundry



all and sundry

Everybody. Jason bought drinks for all and sundry to celebrate his promotion.
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all and sundry

Cliché everyone; one and all. Cold drinks were served to all and sundry.
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all and sundry

One and all, as in The salesman gave samples to all and sundry. [Late 1400s]
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various and sundry

Of different kinds, miscellaneous, as in Various and sundry items did not sell, so they'll probably hold another auction. This expression is a redundancy, the two adjectives meaning just about the same thing.
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various and sundry

Different and unspecified items. “Various” means “several different things.” So does “sundry” (variety stores sold sundry goods), so to report that “the meeting discussed various and sundry topics” is to be redundant. But that's never stopped all but the linguistically fastidious from using such expressions.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Godwine-Anglo-Saxon
Karima-Arabic
Kamini-Indian, Hindi
Fiachna-Irish
Ajay-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil
Gurutz-Basque