Wishing-well

Definition

whatnot /'wɒtnɒt/ n [U without a or the ] ( infml ) စသည္။ စတဲ့။ a drawer full of bits of paper, pencils and whatnot. ❍ They never miss family occasions — you know, weddings and funerals and whatnot.

Examples

1. ‘We yakked about the Church in NZ and the French blowing up Greenpeace ships in Auckland Harbor and whatnot.’
2. ‘I lived a rather tumultuous life targeting for money power wealth authority status name fame and whatnot.’
3. ‘In the country they dress it up with an anthropomorphic bedtime dolly
4. turning Cool Britannia into an Edwardian whatnot.’
5. ‘Ranji David is Appu
6. Rashmi Kothari and 13 others join in to make up a dramatic interplay of laughs and guffaws
7. back talks and whatnots.’
8. ‘She made it so it's easy for me to tweak
9. and I'm sure I'll be fooling around with the colors and whatnot before long.’
10. ‘Yes
11. I'd be somewhat shocked if my boyfriend told me he used the services of a prostitute to be tortured
12. nipple-clamped
13. weed on or whatnot.’
14. ‘I don't understand the comings and goings of people depending on circumstances or differences or whatnot.’
15. ‘But there's some typical things you might expect with runoff areas and whatnot.’
16. ‘While Justine prepared herself for action
17. I sipped meditatively on a drink containing 17 different herbs and whatnots guaranteed to detoxify my system.’
18. ‘He pushed debris and whatnot off of the couch
19. lay his jacket down
20. and then set the girl atop it.’
21. ‘Perhaps that was what jaunted my serenity askew after the meal had ended
22. people going off to do their own things and whatnot.’
23. ‘For one thing
24. there are a lot of games that are geared towards what we would call female interests
25. like building things and whatnot.’
26. ‘They can be found in reports
27. studies and other bureaucratic whatnots dating back decades that are gathering dust on City Hall shelves.’
28. ‘On the ticket wallets there were adverts for various
29. erm
30. things; shops and whatnot.’
31. ‘And that could take awhile since I also have to buy furniture and whatnots and stuff.’
32. ‘His name may sound snooty and whatnot
33. but this guy is one of the coolest guys you'll find in this school.’
34. ‘Supersticious like i am sometimes and believe in faith and whatnots this is a bit spooky.’
35. ‘They can keep the smarties and the M&M's and the pennies and whatnot.’
36. ‘I also unplugged it before I left the house; save myself some electricity and whatnot.’
37. ‘When foreigners start to get really jittery about the war
38. they'll be trading in their euros
39. yen
40. rubles
41. and rupees and whatnots for solid
42. US dollars.’