and that
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Informal And everything related to that; and so on; etc.
- "[…] Did I ever happen to tell you how me and another signaller were cut off in a tower outside a little place called Binchey for the best part of a week and all the time we only had—" "You did and that," replied the unimpressed Horace. "You told me at full length the first day I came on this job and you've referred to it now and then since at stated intervals. […]"1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
- Parkin: I can bring you some logs up later but I've got the cows and that to feed first.1987, Withnail and I:
1 more example
- Don't get me wrong la, it's lovely what he's trying to do and that but, end of the day, a lad's got his pride to consider, hasn't he?2007, Helen Walsh, Brass, page 51:
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Australia, New Zealand, UK, Slang And the others; used after a name to denote the friends or social group of that person.
- Are we meeting Tom and that?
- Synonyms
- and all that