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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash, mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry, omnium-gatherum]

Merriam Webster's

noun plural Date: circa 1746 1. a. miscellaneous articles b. miscellaneous small matters (as of business) to be attended to 2. miscellaneous remnants or leftovers <odds and ends of food>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

--Jer. Taylor. Odds and ends, that which is left; remnants; fragments; refuse; scraps; miscellaneous articles. ``My brain is filled . . . with all kinds of odds and ends.'' --W. Irving.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You can refer to a disorganized group of things of various kinds as odds and ends. (INFORMAL) She put in some clothes, odds and ends, and make-up... = bits and pieces N-PLURAL

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Fragments, remnants, scraps, refuse.

Moby Thesaurus

afterglow, afterimage, all sorts, assemblage, assortment, balance, broad spectrum, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, collectanea, conglomerate, conglomeration, cosmetics, debris, detritus, end, fag end, filings, fossil, gallimaufry, giftware, hash, hodgepodge, holdover, hotchpot, hotchpotch, husks, jumble, knickknacks, leavings, leftovers, magpie, mash, medley, melange, melee, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixed bag, mixture, motley, notions, novelties, oddments, offscourings, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, orts, parings, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, potpourri, rags, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, salad, salmagundi, sauce, sawdust, scourings, scramble, scraps, shadow, shavings, stew, straw, stubble, stump, sundries, survival, sweepings, toilet goods, toiletries, trace, variety, vestige, waste, what you will