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wish list

noun

: a list of things that someone would like to have

Full Definition of WISH LIST

: a list of desired but often realistically unobtainable items <a wish list of useful changes>

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First Known Use of WISH LIST

1970

Rhymes with WISH LIST

A-list, assist, backlist, blacklist, B-list, checklist, consist, dean's list, delist, desist, encyst, enlist, entwist, exist, handlist, hit list, insist, life list, mailed fist, persist, playlist, protist, Rehnquist, resist, short list, short-list, subsist, untwist, wait-list, white list

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