odds and ends
Example Sentences
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In contrast to a designer, a tinkerer must, Jacob argued, manage with odds and ends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
She earned about $200 a week from the stand and used the money to help buy groceries and odds and ends for the children.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
"Small independents like myself are only allowed to order from a list of random mismatched odds and ends that the big shops clearly didn't want," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
These unassuming, briny odds and ends don’t demand the spotlight.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025
He’s behind the cookhouse loading a wheelbarrow with the odds and ends he’s managed to beg off the cookhouse crew.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
