Usually means: Long, detailed list of items.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word laundry list:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. laundry list: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. laundry list: Merriam-Webster
  3. laundry list: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. laundry list: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. laundry list: Collins English Dictionary
  6. laundry-list: Wordnik
  7. laundry list: Wiktionary
  8. laundry list: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. laundry list: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. laundry list: Dictionary.com
  11. laundry list: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. laundry list: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. laundry list: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (laundry list)

noun:  (archaic) Originally, a list of articles of clothing that had been sent to be laundered.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension) A long and often tedious list of items.
noun:  (colloquial) An unrealistic list of skills, qualifications and experiences, as demanded by employers when hiring staff.
noun:  (colloquial, by extension) An equally unrealistic skill set claimed by a candidate on a résumé.

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