Etymology From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like.
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Of the same or similar kind.
If there bee neuer a Seruant-monſter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ſayes ; nor a neſt of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like thoſe that beget Tales, Tempeſts, and ſuch like Drolleries, […]1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholmew Fayre, Induction
For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:
suchlike
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Etymology From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like.
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Other things of the same kind or type.
That is, we use reading not just as a means to educate ourselves, or to “explore other worlds” and suchlike, but to literally keep our distance from others.2020, Washington Post:
suchlike
noun
Etymology From Middle English sich like, suche-like, swylk lyk; equivalent to such + like.
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A thing of the same kind or type.
Entertainment is the name of the media game which may include your telling about why the book was written, fun stuff about completing the manuscript […] or suchlikes to liven the interview.1999, William Carroll, Self Publishing Made Easy, page 229: