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odds and ends

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odds and ends
pl.n.
Miscellaneous items, remnants, or pieces.
odds and ends
pl n
miscellaneous items or articles
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Noun1.odds and ends - a motley assortment of things
farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, mixture - a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
Translations
odds and ends
pl → Krimskrams m, → Kram m; (of food) → Reste pl; (of cloth) → Reste pl, → Flicken pl; bring all your odds and ends → bringen Sie Ihren ganzen Kram or Ihre Siebensachen (inf)
odds and ends (fam) npl (assorted objects) → oggetti mpl vari; (junk) → cianfrusaglie fpl
I'll finish the last few odds and ends tomorrow → le ultime due o tre cosette le finisco domani
odds and ends (fam) npl (assorted objects) → oggetti mpl vari; (junk) → cianfrusaglie fpl
I'll finish the last few odds and ends tomorrow → le ultime due o tre cosette le finisco domani


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THEN Hunca Munca went back and fetched a chair, a bookcase, a bird-cage, and several small odds and ends.
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But, as before hinted, for some time there was a continual fetching and carrying on board of divers odds and ends of things, both large and small.
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In a barrel of odds and ends it is different; things get mixed up, and the juice kind of swaps around, and the things go better.
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