odds+and+ends

  • 31odds and ends — Fragments, remnants, scraps, refuse …

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  • 32odds and ends — n bits, particles, fragments, gobbets, modicums, specks, morsels, flakes, crumbs, chunks; tags, patches, snatches, scantlings; remnants, leftovers, scraps; cuttings, shavings, slivers, chips, parings, pieces, snips, snippets, shreds, splinters …

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  • 33odds and ends — plural noun odd bits; scraps; remnants; fragments …

  • 34odds and sods — (informal) Miscellaneous people, things, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑odd * * * odds and sods UK US noun [plural] british informal various people or things that are not important or valuable Thesaurus: unimportant or unnecessary thing or detail …

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  • 35odds and sods — n pl British a rhyming vulgarisation of odds and ends …

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  • 36odds and sods — noun (plural) BrE informal odds and ends …

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  • 37Odds — ([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 often… …

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  • 38odds are — 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… …

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  • 39odds — n. allowance designed to equalize a bettor s chances 1) to give, lay odds 2) to accept, take odds 3) to buck ( oppose ) the odds disadvantages 4) to beat the odds 5) considerable, formidable, great, heavy, hopeless, long. overwhelming odds 6)… …

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  • 40odds — n.pl. 1 the ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way. 2 the chances or balance of probability in favour of or against some result (the odds are against it; the odds are that it will… …

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