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Phrase(s): odds and ends
miscellaneous things. • There were lots of odds and ends in the attic, but nothing of real value. • I had the whole house cleaned out except for a few odds and ends that you might want to keep.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Miscellaneous items, fragments and remnants, as in I've finished putting everything away, except for a few odds and ends. This expression may have originated as odd ends in the mid-1500s, meaning "short leftovers of some material" (such as lumber or cloth). It had acquired its present form and meaning by the mid-1700s.
American Heritage Idioms