Informal any lengthy list of items, esp. one regarded as including too much and not being selective enough: a laundry list of complaints
laundry list
laundry list 
A person about to make a laundry list for the day.
The definition of laundry list is a long listing of different things, especially things you need or things you have to do. The things on the long list may not be related to each other.
An example of a laundry list of tasks is a to-do list on which you have 20 things that have to be accomplished by tomorrow.
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InformalAn item-by-item enumeration.
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