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odds and sods

British  

plural noun

  1. informal miscellaneous people or things

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The drawings were found in an envelope marked "Dahl's drawings & odds and sods" which belonged to Ian Craig, the art director at publishing house Jonathan Cape.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2025

There he is, preparing vegetable soup from odds and sods in his refrigerator, nonchalantly cutting the dark bits from old vegetables.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2020

His films are made up of secondhand odds and sods, twisted to fit his own sensibility, possibly his own image.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2019

When Ginger Baker, Steve Vai, and various odds and sods wants to work with me, that’s a compliment.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2018

Here you get two stone-cold classic comedy seasons and a smattering of odds and sods.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2010

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