All and sundry
various or diverse:
sundry persons.
all and sundry, everybody, collectively and individually:
Free samples were given to all and sundry.
determiner
several or various; miscellaneous
pronoun
all and sundry, all the various people, individually and collectively
noun (pl) -dries
(pl) miscellaneous unspecified items
(Austral, cricket) also called extra. a run not scored from the bat, such as a wide, no-ball, bye, or leg bye
adj.
Old English syndrig “separate, apart, special,” related to sundor “separately” (see sunder). Phrase all and sundry first recorded 1389; sundries “odds and ends” is first found 1755.
One and all, as in The salesman gave samples to all and sundry. [ Late 1400s ]
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