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• odds and ends — noun a motley assortment of things (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑oddments, ↑melange, ↑farrago, ↑ragbag, ↑mishmash, ↑mingle mangle, ↑hodgepodge, ↑hotchpotch, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• odds and ends — {n. phr.} Miscellaneous items; remnants. * /After the great annual clearance sale there were only a few odds and ends left in the store./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• odds and ends — {n. phr.} Miscellaneous items; remnants. * /After the great annual clearance sale there were only a few odds and ends left in the store./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• odds and ends — N PLURAL You can refer to a disorganized group of things of various kinds as odds and ends. [INFORMAL] She put in some clothes, odds and ends, and make up... He sweeps up and does a few odds and ends. Syn: bits and pieces …   English dictionary

• odds and ends —    Odds and ends are small, remnant articles and things the same as bits and bobs.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    Odds and ends are small articles, or bits and pieces of all sorts, usually of little value.     I keep my odds and ends in… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Odds and ends — Odds Odds ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See {Odd}, a.] 1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. The odds are… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• odds and ends — are small, remnant articles and things the same as bits and bobs …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• odds and ends — also .odds and sods BrE informal n [plural] small things of various kinds without much value ▪ He didn t keep much in his desk just a few odds and ends …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• odds and ends — noun plural small things that are all different and not valuable or important: a drawer full of odds and ends …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• odds and ends — small pieces that are not used, tie up loose ends    When you build the fence, save the odds and ends to make toys …   English idioms