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All odds and ends synonyms

odds and ends
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noun odds and ends

  • collectanea — a collection of excerpts from one or more authors; miscellany; anthology
  • offcuts — Plural form of offcut.
  • castoff — thrown away; discarded; abandoned
  • flotsam — the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. Compare jetsam, lagan.
  • mixed bag — an often unexpected assortment of various things, people, or ideas: The concert was a mixed bag of works from three centuries.
  • oddments — an odd article, bit, remnant, or the like.
  • castoffs — Plural form of castoff.
  • dreck — excrement; dung.
  • junk — narcotics, especially heroin.
  • carry over — If something carries over or is carried over from one situation to another, it continues to exist or apply in the new situation.
  • montage — the technique of combining in a single composition pictorial elements from various sources, as parts of different photographs or fragments of printing, either to give the illusion that the elements belonged together originally or to allow each element to retain its separate identity as a means of adding interest or meaning to the composition. Compare collage (def 1).
  • jumble — to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
  • garbage — discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
  • notions — a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something: a notion of how something should be done.
  • miscellany — a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
  • leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
  • leavings — something that is left; residue.
  • others — additional or further: he and one other person.
  • combo — A combo is a small group of musicians who play jazz, dance, or popular music.
  • fragments — Plural form of fragment.
  • motley — exhibiting great diversity of elements: a motley crowd. Synonyms: heterogenous, varied, diverse, mixed, assorted, sundry; incongruous, disparate, diversified, dissimilar, divergent. Antonyms: homogeneous, uniform, identical; similar, like.
  • all sorts — All sorts of things or people means a large number of different things or people.
  • jetsam — goods cast overboard deliberately, as to lighten a vessel or improve its stability in an emergency, which sink where jettisoned or are washed ashore.
  • carryover — If something is a carryover from an earlier time, it began during an earlier time but still exists or happens now.
  • novelties — Plural form of novelty.
  • knickknacks — an ornamental trinket or gimcrack; a bit of bric-a-brac.
  • carry-over — that which is carried over, postponed, or extended to a later time, account, etc.
  • miscellanea — Miscellaneous items, especially literary compositions, that have been collected together.
  • leftover — Usually, leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
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