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n. 1 (context chiefly UK idiomatic English) miscellaneous items. 2 (context chiefly UK idiomatic English) ordinary people who lack distinction.
Usage examples of "odds and sods".
That leaves nothing but odds and sods to hold Franklin and Cloviston.
There's good reason most of these odds and sods in Franklin and Cloviston were garrison soldiers.
I thought we were supposed to be the ones with the good wizards, and the southrons were stuck with the odds and sods.
While you're putting some distance between us, Madame and the rest of us odds and sods can go down to the Roniah wharf and scout out a suitable boat.
We heard they were Welsh troops, Welsh engineers and odds and sods.
Together with some odds and sods from the Judge Advocate General's Department.
Jim perused the familiar trappings, the furniture, the fripperies, the odds and sods.
God knows the Confeds have such a collection of odds and sods that they could have sent just about anything in to watch Melchor, but the Manties don't have any light cruisers that come close to the tonnage range your tac people suggest, and they've been retiring their older heavy cruisers steadily since they started their buildup.
Add the other odds and sods, and we'll have over a league to cover, and precious little help from the pox-ridden incompetents the others call guardsmen.