English Explanatory Dictionary

odds and ends

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Miscellaneous things; oddments

Pronunciation

En-au-odds and ends.ogg

Word forms

odds and ends

Etymology

From a dialectal alteration of ords and ends (“points and endings" or "beginnings and ends”). More at ord, end.

Synonyms

odds and sods

Related words

bits and bobs
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