odds and ends
various items We made games for the children from odds and ends from around the house.
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n. phr. Miscellaneous items; remnants. After the great annual clearance sale there were only a few odds and ends left in the store.
odds and ends
An assortment of small, miscellaneous items, especially those that are not especially important or valuable. I can never find what I need amongst all the odds and ends in this drawer! I wish the house weren”t so cluttered up with odds and ends.Learn more: and, end, odds
odds and ends
miscellaneous things. There were lots of odds and ends in the attic, but nothing of real value. I had the whole house cleaned out except for a few odds and ends that you might want to keep.Learn more: and, end, odds
odds and ends
Miscellaneous items, fragments and remnants, as in I”ve finished putting everything away, except for a few odds and ends. This expression may have originated as odd ends in the mid-1500s, meaning “short leftovers of some material” (such as lumber or cloth). It had acquired its present form and meaning by the mid-1700s. Learn more: and, end, odds
odds and ends
miscellaneous articles and remnants. A racier alternative formulation is odds and sods .Learn more: and, end, odds
odds and ˈends
(British English also odds and ˈsods) (informal) small items that are not valuable or are not part of a larger set: She’s got all kinds of interesting odds and ends on her desk. ♢ I’ve got a few odds and ends (= small jobs) to do before leaving.Learn more: and, end, odds
odds and ends
Fragments and remnants; a miscellaneous collection.
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This term may have originated as odd ends, meaning short leftovers from bolts of cloth. It was transferred to miscellany of other kinds by the mid-sixteenth century, and by the mid-eighteenth century it had become the modern cliché.Learn more: and, end, oddsLearn more:
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