thus and such
A placeholder or generic name for something.
Anytime he said thus and such, she said the opposite.
adv
In this way or manner.
If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].
As a result.
I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic.
I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
noun
Alternative form of thuris.