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Meaning of odds and ends | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Miscellaneous things; oddments

idiomatic, plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Bosanski kama koještarija sala
Deutsch Glumpert Kinkerlitzchen Klimbim Krimskrams
Español cabos sueltos retazos trastos
Suomi kama rihkama sala
Français bric-à-brac
Gàidhlig criomagan
Hrvatski kama koještarija sala
Magyar apróságok
Italiano cianfrusaglie
Latina quisquilia
မြန်မာဘာသာ တိုလီမိုလီ
Nederlands brokstukken van alles en nog wat
Polski bambetle drobiazgi
Português miudezas
Русский всякая всячина
Српски kama koještarija sala
Svenska smått och gott
Українська дріб'язок

Examples

“The garage was filled with a random assortment of odds and ends.”
“I scraped my palette, stuck my brushes in a bowl of black soap, and I strolled into the smoking-room. I really believe that, excepting Geneviève's apartments, no room in the house was so free from the perfume of tobacco as this one. It was a queer chaos of odds and ends hung with threadbare tapestry.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

odds and sods odds match oddsboard oddship oddsmaker oddsmaking

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