Why Do We Say We Have a Laundry List of Things That Aren’t Laundry?

Although the term laundry list originally specified a piece of paper detailing all the items in a load of clothing sent out to be washed and folded, the term now refers more generally to collections of various sorts of things. This is part of a complete episode.

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