catchall

Noun

Meaning

an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends

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Courtesy of Jonathan AdlerThis appropriately-shaped catchall is made of polished brass and adds a bit of shine on top of a stack of bedside books. Source: Internet

Doctors often treat female patients as psychiatric cases first—a remnant of the era when medical authorities used “hysteria” as a catchall diagnosis—allowing acute, antibiotic-treatable tick bites to advance. Source: Internet

ANDREW ARTHUR: It's actually become a - sort of a catchall for truly inventive lawyers. Source: Internet

Cyber insurance is a nice catchall that's general and broad, but it's not just one thing. Source: Internet

It’s meant to be a catchall struct that most applications should be able to use. Source: Internet

Serendipitously, several retailers are also running major spring sales right now, including Anthropologie’s home department, which is offering the cutie catchall pictured above for less than $10. Source: Internet

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