odds and sods

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odds and sods

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UK, idiomatic, informal, plural, plural only Miscellaneous items. Perhaps it's for the best, if this is what his recording career has sunk to: a slapdash assortment of odds and sods from all parts of his career.
Similar: odds and bods, odds and ends, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, gatherum
UK, idiomatic, informal, plural, plural only Ordinary people who lack distinction. "I suddenly found that, although my proposals had been accepted at the very highest level, they were not accepted at the lower levels . . . I mean, the aristocrats who appointed the Italian painters or the Viennese musicians didn't have to get agreement from all the odds and sods around, did they?"
Similar: hoi polloi, odds and bods, unwashed masses, canaille, commonality, commonalty, crowd, commonage, demos, everyone, general public, great unhosed

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@misc{odds_and_sods_2026,
  title = {odds and sods},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/odds%20and%20sods},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}