Sundries

They landed, however, the consignments of goods intended for the speculative merchant, who had started in business in what he called sundries; two great chests for the young doctor, who had begun life where he had no patients, and passed his time in fishing; and sundry huge packages intended for a gentleman who had taken up land just outside the town, as it was called, where he meant to start sugar-planting. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

Crucial to me is that the richest flavours of remembrance need the BBC box to be full of Oz commentators' ripe vernacular as the ball hits "the pickets", not the boundary fence; that extras are always "sundries"; and that the scorecard numbering is forever eccentrically reversed, as in that inaugural score back in 1946 when it was eight for 659 and not the other way around. ❋ Frank Keating (2010)

The bill which was settled by George amounted to £75 4s 5d and included "sundries" of 6s 6d (Stillinger 249-251). ❋ Unknown (2007)

In all it amounted to £75 4s 5d, including not just rent and a half share of the wines and spirits bill, but four guineas for the doctors, 3s for coach hire and even 6s 6d for "sundries" (Brown to Dilke, 2 May 1826 [Stillinger 250-251]). ❋ Unknown (2007)

The amounts paid should be reflected in any financial statements, and not hidden under some "sundries" heading. ❋ Unknown (2003)

We are receiving no canned goods from Bulgaria at this time or many other things such as sundries and nicknacks. ❋ Unknown (1990)

It is now covered by the 'sundries' item, but I'll have the receipts to show, all right. ❋ Unknown (1902)

-- This item marked 'sundries' was DRY goods, I suppose? ❋ Andy Adams (1897)

Later the names gradually lost sharpness of outline, and eventually faded into "sundries," thus becoming entirely -- but safely -- undescriptive. ❋ Unknown (1872)

So they made a new plank and painted 'sundries' on it instead; and when ❋ Unknown (2010)

Otherwise companies run the risk of employees making lots of claims under general categories such as sundries - an expense type against which VAT typically cannot be claimed and which may be used to hide out-of-policy expenses. ❋ David Vine (2010)

In Adelaide the scoreboard has 'sundries' in yellow. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In Perth too it is 'sundries' now, but it used to be 'extras', as in England. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She said that income was not enough for the family to get by and charity money was used to pay for a number of items including personal cell phone service and "sundries" for their home.

a few odds and ends picked up on the overland route, and a set of stereotyped ornaments bought at an auction sale or sent out as 'sundries' in a general cargo; but of _bric-à-brac_, in the usual acceptation of the term, there is little or none. ❋ Richard Ernest Nowell Twopeny (1886)

God only knows what the bill for 'sundries' will aggregate by the end of the session. " ❋ Thomas Dixon (1905)