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a list as long as your arm
informalDefinition
(Definition of a list as long as your arm from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a laundry list idiom
- agenda noun
- archive noun
- archivist noun
- card index noun
- catalogue noun (LIST)
- indices
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