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noun
miscellaneous items, matters, etc.
fragments; remnants; scraps; bits.
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Origin of odds and ends
First recorded in 1740â50
Words nearby odds and ends
oddment, odd or even, odd permutation, odd-pinnate, odds, odds and ends, odds and sods, Oddsbodikins, oddside, oddsmaker, odds-on
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How to use odds and ends in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for odds and ends
odds and ends
pl n
miscellaneous items or articles
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Other Idioms and Phrases with odds and ends
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 âshort leftovers of some materialâ (such as lumber or cloth). It had acquired its present form and meaning by the mid-1700s.
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