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odds and sods

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Miscellaneous items.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, idiomatic, informal, plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: odds and bods, odds and ends, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad, anthology, gallery, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpotch, hotchpot, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, oddments, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, welter, Whitman's sampler

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Ordinary people who lack distinction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, idiomatic, informal, plural, plural-only

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hoi polloi, odds and bods, unwashed masses, canaille, commonality, commonalty, crowd, demos, everyone, general public, great unhosed, great unwashed, herd, lower class, many, masses, mob, multitude, odds and sods, peasantry, plebs, populace, proletariat, rabble, rank and file, riffraff, third estate, trash, unwashed, working class

Antonyms: none provided

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Etymology

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