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1 chuicas
• odds and ends -
2 cosillas
• odds and ends -
3 fragmentos sobrantes
• odds and ends -
4 pedazos
• odds and ends -
5 sobrantes
• odds and ends -
6 trozos
• odds and ends -
7 trozos sobrantes
• odds and ends -
8 zarandajas
• odds and ends -
9 trozos
= odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobsEx. Ephemeral jobs are likely to have been printed on such odds and ends of paper -- remnants and the like -- as were available in the warehouse.Ex. At the same time, indigenous knowledge has become more fragmented and specialised as scientists and humanitarians pick at the bits and pieces that fit with their interests and disciplines.Ex. There she found a plastic sleeve with all sorts of invoices in it and other bits and bobs.* * *= odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobsEx: Ephemeral jobs are likely to have been printed on such odds and ends of paper -- remnants and the like -- as were available in the warehouse.
Ex: At the same time, indigenous knowledge has become more fragmented and specialised as scientists and humanitarians pick at the bits and pieces that fit with their interests and disciplines.Ex: There she found a plastic sleeve with all sorts of invoices in it and other bits and bobs. -
10 cosas sin importancia
• odds and ends• unimportant things -
11 minucias
f.pl.minutia, trivia, minutiae.* * *= minutiae, bits and pieces, odds and ends, bits and bobs, petty details.Ex. Flaws are emphasized and frequent comparisons made with similar tools, but these are often buried in a mass of minutiae.Ex. At the same time, indigenous knowledge has become more fragmented and specialised as scientists and humanitarians pick at the bits and pieces that fit with their interests and disciplines.Ex. Ephemeral jobs are likely to have been printed on such odds and ends of paper -- remnants and the like -- as were available in the warehouse.Ex. There she found a plastic sleeve with all sorts of invoices in it and other bits and bobs.Ex. We all share the same wants and needs, only the petty details differ.* * *= minutiae, bits and pieces, odds and ends, bits and bobs, petty details.Ex: Flaws are emphasized and frequent comparisons made with similar tools, but these are often buried in a mass of minutiae.
Ex: At the same time, indigenous knowledge has become more fragmented and specialised as scientists and humanitarians pick at the bits and pieces that fit with their interests and disciplines.Ex: Ephemeral jobs are likely to have been printed on such odds and ends of paper -- remnants and the like -- as were available in the warehouse.Ex: There she found a plastic sleeve with all sorts of invoices in it and other bits and bobs.Ex: We all share the same wants and needs, only the petty details differ. -
12 retazos
m.pl.remnants, bits and pieces of fabric, rags, cuttings.* * *= odds and ends, shavings, bits and pieces, bits and bobsEx. Ephemeral jobs are likely to have been printed on such odds and ends of paper -- remnants and the like -- as were available in the warehouse.Ex. The sheets of paper were dipped by handfuls into hot size, a solution of animal gelatine made from vellum or leather shavings boiled in water, to make them relatively impermeable.Ex. At the same time, indigenous knowledge has become more fragmented and specialised as scientists and humanitarians pick at the bits and pieces that fit with their interests and disciplines.Ex. There she found a plastic sleeve with all sorts of invoices in it and other bits and bobs.* * *= odds and ends, shavings, bits and pieces, bits and bobsEx: Ephemeral jobs are likely to have been printed on such odds and ends of paper -- remnants and the like -- as were available in the warehouse.
Ex: The sheets of paper were dipped by handfuls into hot size, a solution of animal gelatine made from vellum or leather shavings boiled in water, to make them relatively impermeable.Ex: At the same time, indigenous knowledge has become more fragmented and specialised as scientists and humanitarians pick at the bits and pieces that fit with their interests and disciplines.Ex: There she found a plastic sleeve with all sorts of invoices in it and other bits and bobs. -
13 retazo
m.1 remnant.2 remnant of cloth, left-over piece, remnant, remnant of clothes.3 offal, giblets.4 bargain.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: retazar.* * *1 (retal) remnant, scrap2 (fragmento) fragment, piece* * *noun m.1) scrap2) excerpt, fragment* * *SM1) (Cos) remnant, bit, piecepl retazos snippets, bits and pieces2) Caribe bargain* * ** * *= remnant, snippet, scrap.Ex. What survived was a tiny remnant, sometimes, to judge from the binding, a relic of earlier antiquarianism.Ex. Automation in libraries can only provide snippets of information, not knowledge.Ex. The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.----* retazo de = scrap of.* retazos = odds and ends, shavings, bits and pieces, bits and bobs.* * ** * *= remnant, snippet, scrap.Ex: What survived was a tiny remnant, sometimes, to judge from the binding, a relic of earlier antiquarianism.
Ex: Automation in libraries can only provide snippets of information, not knowledge.Ex: The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end and the founders withdrew them from sale, some even destroying the old punches and matrices as so much scrap.* retazo de = scrap of.* retazos = odds and ends, shavings, bits and pieces, bits and bobs.* * *1 (de tela) remnant2 (de un texto, una obra) snippetretazos de varias obras snippets o bits and pieces of several works* * *
retazo sustantivo masculino
1 (de tela) remnant
2 (de información, etc) snippet
' retazo' also found in these entries:
English:
remnant
* * *retazo nm1. [resto] remnant2. [pedazo] fragment;una conferencia hecha de retazos a speech patched together from bits and pieces of other speeches* * *m figsnippet, fragment* * *retazo nm1) : remnant, scrap2) : fragment, pieceretazos de su obra: bits and pieces from his writings -
14 trozo
m.piece (pedazo).hacer algo a trozos to do something bit by bitcortar algo en trozos to cut something into piecespres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: trozar.* * *1 piece, chunk* * *noun m.1) piece, bit, chunk2) fragment* * *SM1) (=pedazo) piece, bit2) (Literat, Mús) passagetrozos escogidos — selected passages, selections
* * *a) (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice; (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit; (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragmentb) (Lit, Mús) passage* * *= chunk, length, piece, portion, shred, slice, gobbet, fragment, snippet, morsel, broken piece, hunk.Ex. So there is at least that big chunk of a file which is already a rather coherent catalog.Ex. A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.Ex. Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.Ex. An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.Ex. The article ' Shreds and patches: macrostatistics on libraries in the European Community' is a summary of the results of a study to compile economic and statistical data.Ex. A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.Ex. This material includes case studies, games, and model making kits, each containing a pre-digested gobbet of information.Ex. During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.Ex. Automation in libraries can only provide snippets of information, not knowledge.Ex. The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.Ex. Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.Ex. This is especially good if you cut a turkey breast in hunks and marinade overnight then grill.----* a trozos = piecewise.* compuesto de trozos = piecewise.* con trozos = piecewise.* cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.* dividir en trozos = split into + bits.* hecho de trozos = piecewise.* trozo de = scrap of.* trozo de carne = cut of meat.* trozo de césped arrancado = divot [divet].* trozo de información = tidbit [titbit, -USA], titbit [tidbit, -UK].* trozo de papel = slip.* trozo de piel = skin.* trozo de tela = strip of cloth.* trozo de vasija = potsherd, potsherd.* trozos = odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs.* un trozo de = a piece of, a snatch of, a stretch of.* * *a) (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice; (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit; (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragmentb) (Lit, Mús) passage* * *= chunk, length, piece, portion, shred, slice, gobbet, fragment, snippet, morsel, broken piece, hunk.Ex: So there is at least that big chunk of a file which is already a rather coherent catalog.
Ex: A motion picture is a length of film, with or without recorded sound, bearing a sequence of images that create the illusion of movement when projected in rapid succession.Ex: Within one main class the same piece of notation may be used to signify different concepts.Ex: An extract is one o more portions of a document selected to represent the whole document.Ex: The article ' Shreds and patches: macrostatistics on libraries in the European Community' is a summary of the results of a study to compile economic and statistical data.Ex: A number of identical integrated circuits are usually made side by side on a single slice of silicon.Ex: This material includes case studies, games, and model making kits, each containing a pre-digested gobbet of information.Ex: During his stay in Laputa, Captain Gulliver was very impressed by a book-writing machine which produced fragments of sentences which were dictated to scribes and later pieced together.Ex: Automation in libraries can only provide snippets of information, not knowledge.Ex: The three monkeys used in this study chose the left arm as the leading arm to reach out and pull back a spring-loaded drawer containing a food morsel.Ex: Using charred bits of wood from campfires, broken pieces of clay pots, and stone spearpoints and arrowheads, the archaeologist investigates the past.Ex: This is especially good if you cut a turkey breast in hunks and marinade overnight then grill.* a trozos = piecewise.* compuesto de trozos = piecewise.* con trozos = piecewise.* cortar en trozos = cut + Nombre + up.* dividir en trozos = split into + bits.* hecho de trozos = piecewise.* trozo de = scrap of.* trozo de carne = cut of meat.* trozo de césped arrancado = divot [divet].* trozo de información = tidbit [titbit, -USA], titbit [tidbit, -UK].* trozo de papel = slip.* trozo de piel = skin.* trozo de tela = strip of cloth.* trozo de vasija = potsherd, potsherd.* trozos = odds and ends, bits and pieces, bits and bobs.* un trozo de = a piece of, a snatch of, a stretch of.* * *1 (de pan, pastel) piece, bit, slice; (de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit; (de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragmentcortar la zanahoria en trocitos dice the carrot, chop the carrot into small piecesla pintura me quedó a trozos the paint dried all patchy* * *
trozo sustantivo masculino
(de madera, papel, tela) piece, bit;
(de vidrio, cerámica) piece, fragment;
b) (Lit, Mús) passage
trozo sustantivo masculino piece
' trozo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bloque
- bocado
- de
- hebra
- jirón
- papel
- parte
- tragar
- algodón
- cortar
- cristal
- fierro
- otro
- palo
- pedazo
- piedra
English:
bit
- cut
- fleck
- flint
- gob
- hunk
- joint
- length
- lump
- nugget
- piece
- slab
- slice
- take
- wedge
- chunk
- fall
- fish
- shred
- snippet
* * *trozo nm1. [de pan, tela, metal] piece;cortar algo en trozos to cut sth into pieces2. [de camino] stretch;hacer algo a trozos to do sth bit by bit3. [de obra] extract;[de película] snippet* * *m piece* * *trozo nm1) pedazo: piece, bit, chunk2) : passage, extract* * *trozo n piece -
15 cacharpas
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16 restos
m.pl.1 remains, pickings, debris, leavings.2 remnants, odds and ends.* * *2 (de comida) leftovers* * *remains, leftovers* * *= crumbs, remains, debris, wreckage, leftovers.Ex. Next a 'picker' cleaned any remaining crumbs of plaster or metal from the face of the plate.Ex. The scattered remains of homesteads also dot the rugged landscape.Ex. Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.Ex. The wreckage of a Venetian galleon and its cargo were found on the seabed near the islet of Gnalic in Dalmatia.Ex. Fish cakes are a great way of using up leftovers such as cooked fish and mashed potatoes, which might otherwise be thrown away.----* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.* comerse los restos de = scavenge.* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.* restos calcinados = charred remains.* restos carbonizados = charred remains.* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.* * *= crumbs, remains, debris, wreckage, leftovers.Ex: Next a 'picker' cleaned any remaining crumbs of plaster or metal from the face of the plate.
Ex: The scattered remains of homesteads also dot the rugged landscape.Ex: Nothing is left except debris and there remains nothing to salvage: only to bulldoze, clear and throw into rubbish dumps.Ex: The wreckage of a Venetian galleon and its cargo were found on the seabed near the islet of Gnalic in Dalmatia.Ex: Fish cakes are a great way of using up leftovers such as cooked fish and mashed potatoes, which might otherwise be thrown away.* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.* comerse los restos de = scavenge.* comerse los restos dejados por otro = scavenge.* restos calcinados = charred remains.* restos carbonizados = charred remains.* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.* * *restos n1. (ruinas) remains2. (de comida) leftovers -
17 todo quisque
m.all the odds and ends.* * *= every Tom, Dick and Harry, everyone and their motherEx. It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.Ex. Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend.* * *= every Tom, Dick and Harry, everyone and their motherEx: It really is time we stopped kow-towing to every Tom, Dick and Harry who runs down our industry.
Ex: Everyone and their mother (literally) will be ducking out from work early today to be with their nearest and dearest for the long weekend. -
18 chiva
intj.look out.f.1 kid, a female goat.2 goatee (barba). (Latin American)3 bus; car. (Andes & Central America)4 blanket, bedcover. (Central America)5 naughty little girl; (CAm. Cono Sur) mannish woman; (And. Carib, Cono Sur) immoral woman. (Caribbean)6 fib, tall story. (Central America)7 grass, informer (delator). (Caribbean)8 bus.9 naughty little girl.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: chivar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: chivar.* * *f., (m. - chivo)* * *1. SF1) (Zool) kid; (=cabra) nanny goat- estar como una chiva2) LAm (=barba) goatee, goatee beard3) CAm (=manta) blanket, bedcover5) Caribe, Cono Sur (=niña) naughty little girl; CAm, Cono Sur (=marimacho) mannish woman; And, Caribe, Cono Sur (=vividora) immoral woman7) Caribe (=mochila) knapsack9) Cono Sur * fib, tall story10) Caribe * (=delator) grass **, informer2.ADJ CAm * (=despabilado) alert, sharp3.EXCL CAm * look out!, careful!* * *1) (AmL) ( barba) goatee2) (Col) ( bus) rural o country bus3) (Col period) ( primicia) scoop, exclusive5) chivas femenino plural (Méx fam) ( cachivaches) junk (colloq)* * *1) (AmL) ( barba) goatee2) (Col) ( bus) rural o country bus3) (Col period) ( primicia) scoop, exclusive5) chivas femenino plural (Méx fam) ( cachivaches) junk (colloq)* * *A¡chiva con ese maje! you'd better watch your step with that guy ( colloq)me salió con la chiva de que había estado enfermo he gave me some cock-and-bull story about how he'd been ill ( colloq)son puras chivas it's all a bunch o pack of lies ( colloq)ser una chiva para algo ( Ven fam): mi hermana es una chiva para la lotería when it comes to the lottery my sister has the luck of the devilCompuesto:* * *
Del verbo chivarse: ( conjugate chivarse)
se chiva es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo
chiva sustantivo femenino
1 (AmL) ( barba) goatee
2 (Col) ( bus) rural o country bus
3 (Col period) ( primicia) scoop, exclusive
4 (Chi fam) ( mentira) cock-and-bull story (colloq);
ver tb◊ chivo
5
chivo,-a sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 Zool kid, young goat
2 figurado chivo expiatorio, sustantivo masculino scapegoat
' chiva' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chivo
* * *♦ nf2. RP [barba] goatee♦ chivas nfpl* * *f1 L.Am.goat;estar como una chiva fam be nuts fam2 C.Am., Colbus -
19 cháchara
f.1 chatter, chitchat, informal talk, small talk.2 piece of junk.* * *1 familiar (conversación) small talk, chatter1 (baratijas) trinkets, junk sing\estar de cháchara to have a yap* * *SF1) chatter, chit-chat *estar de cháchara — * to chatter, gab *
3) And (=chiste) joke* * *1) (fam) ( conversación) chatter2) (Méx) ( objeto de poca importancia) piece of junk* * *= chit-chat, rap session, chinwag.Ex. Some possibilities are: chit-chat, work messages, news about electronic journal network, and enquiry answer system between experts.Ex. The institute has been criticised on the grounds of allowing discussion groups and workshops to deteriorate into rap sessions.Ex. The frisson of excitement that accompanied these late-night chinwags was due in part to our fascination with death.----* estar de cháchara = chinwag.* * *1) (fam) ( conversación) chatter2) (Méx) ( objeto de poca importancia) piece of junk* * *= chit-chat, rap session, chinwag.Ex: Some possibilities are: chit-chat, work messages, news about electronic journal network, and enquiry answer system between experts.
Ex: The institute has been criticised on the grounds of allowing discussion groups and workshops to deteriorate into rap sessions.Ex: The frisson of excitement that accompanied these late-night chinwags was due in part to our fascination with death.* estar de cháchara = chinwag.* * *A ( fam)(conversación): se pasa la mañana de cháchara con las vecinas she spends the whole morning chattering o ( BrE colloq) nattering with the neighborsbasta de cháchara y a trabajar that's enough chatter o ( colloq) chitchat, get down to some workB( Méx) (objeto de poca importancia): [ S ] compro ropa usada, y cháchara(s) en general secondhand clothing and general bric-a-brac boughttiene el cajón lleno de chácharas his drawer's full of junk o of odds and ends¿y esa cháchara? what's that bit of old junk?* * *
cháchara sustantivo femenino
1 (fam) ( conversación) chatter;
2 (Méx) ( objeto de poca importancia) piece of junk;
cháchara sustantivo femenino familiar small talk, chinwag, chat: está todo el día de cháchara, she spends the whole day yapping
' cháchara' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mareado
English:
chitchat
- gas
- idle
- rattle on
- drive
- rap
* * *cháchara nfFam chatter, esp Br nattering;estar de cháchara to chat, esp Br to natter* * *f chatter* * *1) : small talk, chatter2) chácharas nfpl: trinkets, junk -
20 sobrante
adj.1 remaining.2 surplus, remaining, left.m.surplus.* * *► adjetivo1 leftover, remaining, spare1 excess, surplus* * *1.ADJ (=excedente) spare; (=restante) remaining2. SM1) (=lo que sobra) [gen] surplus, remainder; (Com, Econ) surplus; (=saldo activo) balance in hand2) pl sobrantes odds and ends3.SMF redundant worker, laid-off worker (EEUU), person made redundant* * *Iadjetivo remainingIIel material sobrante — the spare o surplus material
masculino remainder, surplus* * *= overflow, spare, surplus [surpluses, -pl.], left-over [left over], excess, overflowing, surplus excess, excess capacity, spillover, leftover.Ex. If a particular cylinder becomes full, there are one or more tracks or cylinders that have been set aside for overflow records.Ex. If variable-length data (e.g. a title) are to be entered into a fixed-length field, there will be occasions when there is spare capacity in the field.Ex. Once a university's reserve store is filled it should be expected to dispose of surplus stock, normally to the British Library.Ex. Having extracted what appears to be the main problem, the analyst should now list the ' left over' problems.Ex. Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.Ex. A new facility was then created 10 years ago to microfilm its overflowing paper files.Ex. This article describes a system concept for the revenue producing disposition of surplus capacity at off peak times in real trunking networks.Ex. Huge excess capacity could potentially destabilize the long distance market.Ex. We're close to spillover, as the reservoir is about a foot from coming over the top.Ex. Bubble and squeak is a triumph of thriftiness in that it uses leftover vegetables and meat.----* zona de recogida de lo sobrante = overflow area.* * *Iadjetivo remainingIIel material sobrante — the spare o surplus material
masculino remainder, surplus* * *= overflow, spare, surplus [surpluses, -pl.], left-over [left over], excess, overflowing, surplus excess, excess capacity, spillover, leftover.Ex: If a particular cylinder becomes full, there are one or more tracks or cylinders that have been set aside for overflow records.
Ex: If variable-length data (e.g. a title) are to be entered into a fixed-length field, there will be occasions when there is spare capacity in the field.Ex: Once a university's reserve store is filled it should be expected to dispose of surplus stock, normally to the British Library.Ex: Having extracted what appears to be the main problem, the analyst should now list the ' left over' problems.Ex: Place a drop of a saturated solution of sugar in water on the paper and dab up the excess liquid with cotton wool.Ex: A new facility was then created 10 years ago to microfilm its overflowing paper files.Ex: This article describes a system concept for the revenue producing disposition of surplus capacity at off peak times in real trunking networks.Ex: Huge excess capacity could potentially destabilize the long distance market.Ex: We're close to spillover, as the reservoir is about a foot from coming over the top.Ex: Bubble and squeak is a triumph of thriftiness in that it uses leftover vegetables and meat.* zona de recogida de lo sobrante = overflow area.* * *remaininglas entradas sobrantes the remaining o spare tickets, the tickets that are left overel dinero sobrante the remaining money, the money that was left over, the surplusel material sobrante the spare o surplus material, the material that is left overcon la masa sobrante podríamos hacer unos bizcochitos we could make some sponge cakes with the leftover mixtureremainder, surplus* * *
sobrante
I adj (restante, remanente) spare, remaining
II sustantivo masculino surplus
' sobrante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
escorrentía
- remanente
- superflua
- superfluo
English:
doggy bag
- superfluous
- left
- waste
* * *♦ adjremaining;con el dinero sobrante se irán de vacaciones with the money that's left over they plan to go on Br holiday o US vacation;los huesos sobrantes se pueden utilizar para una sopa the leftover bones can be used for stock♦ nmsurplus* * *adj remaining, left over* * *sobrante adj: remaining, superfluoussobrante nm: remainder, surplus* * *sobrante adj leftover / spare
См. также в других словарях:
Odds and ends — Odds Odds ([o^]dz), n. sing. & pl. [See {Odd}, a.] 1. Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability. The odds are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
odds and ends — {n. phr.} Miscellaneous items; remnants. * /After the great annual clearance sale there were only a few odds and ends left in the store./ … Dictionary of American idioms
odds and ends — {n. phr.} Miscellaneous items; remnants. * /After the great annual clearance sale there were only a few odds and ends left in the store./ … Dictionary of American idioms
odds and ends — Odds and ends are small, remnant articles and things the same as bits and bobs. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** Odds and ends are small articles, or bits and pieces of all sorts, usually of little value. I keep my odds and ends in… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
odds and ends — also .odds and sods BrE informal n [plural] small things of various kinds without much value ▪ He didn t keep much in his desk just a few odds and ends … Dictionary of contemporary English
odds and ends — are small, remnant articles and things the same as bits and bobs … The small dictionary of idiomes
odds and ends — noun plural small things that are all different and not valuable or important: a drawer full of odds and ends … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Odds and ends — Odds and ends are small, remnant articles and things the same as bits and bobs … Dictionary of English idioms
odds and ends — [n] miscellaneous paraphernalia assortment, bits, bits and pieces*, debris, etcetera*, hodgepodge, jumble, leavings, litter, medley, mélange, melee, miscellany, motley, oddments, olio, particles, potpourri, remnants, rest, rubbish, rummage,… … New thesaurus
odds and ends — odds′ and ends′ n. pl. 1) miscellaneous items, matters, etc 2) fragments; remnants; scraps; bits • Etymology: 1740–50 … From formal English to slang
odds and ends — ► odds and ends miscellaneous articles or remnants. Main Entry: ↑odd … English terms dictionary