odds and ends

pl.n.

Miscellaneous items, remnants, or pieces.

odds and ends

pl n

miscellaneous items or articles

odds and ends - The first official odds and ends were found in lumberyards—odds were pieces of board split irregularly by the sawmill, ends were pieces trimmed from boards that were cut to specific lengths.

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Noun

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

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bric-a-brac cagmag catchall Colluvies farrago flotsam gallimaufry hodgepodge hotchpotch lumber room melange Mingle-mangle miscellanea mishmash mixed bag mixture mudlark oddment oddments	THEN Hunca Munca went back and fetched a chair, a bookcase, a bird-cage, and several small odds and ends. The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context 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. Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context 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. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context	odd jobs odd lot odd man out odd-even check odd-job odd-job man odd-jobman odd-leg caliper odd-looking odd-man odd-pinnate odd-pinnate leaf odd-sounding odd-toed ungulate oddball Oddfellow oddish odditorium oddity oddly oddment oddments oddness Oddone Colonna odds odds and ends odds and sods odds are odds-maker odds-on oddsmaker ode Ode factor odea Odelet Odelsthing Odelsting Odense Odeon Oder Oder River Oder-Neisse Line Odesa Odessa Odets odeum ODI Odible Odic Odin Odinic	ODDM oddment oddment oddment oddments oddments oddments oddness oddness oddness oddness Oddo Colonna Oddo Colonna Oddo Colonna Oddone Colonna ODDP ODDR&E ODDRE odds odds odds odds odds odds Odds against Odds against Odds against Odds against Odds against Odds against odds and ends Odds and sods Odds and sods odds are odds are against one Odds For Effectiveness Odds ratio Odds ratio Odds ratio Odds ratio Odds ratio Odds ratio Odds ratio Odds ratios Odds ratios Odds Ratios Based on Logistic Regression odds-maker odds-on odds-on odds-on favorite Odds-ratio Odds-ratio oddsmaker oddsmakers Oddsson, David Oddsson, Davíð ODDV ODDW Oddworld Oddworld Forums Oddworld Inhabitants Inc.

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bric-a-brac
cagmag
catchall
Colluvies
farrago
flotsam
gallimaufry
hodgepodge
hotchpotch
lumber room
melange
Mingle-mangle
miscellanea
mishmash
mixed bag
mixture
mudlark
oddment
oddments

THEN Hunca Munca went back and fetched a chair, a bookcase, a bird-cage, and several small odds and ends.

The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context

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.

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

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.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context