Definitions
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- noun plural Miscellaneous items, remnants, or pieces.
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- noun idiomatic
Miscellaneous things.
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- noun a motley assortment of things
Etymologies
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From an dialectal corruption of ords and ends ("points and endings" or "beginnings and ends"). More at ord, end.
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100000068303082 commented on the word odds and ends
Someone in my department created a common drive folder titled "Odds and Ins." I chuckled. What word is used to describe those misinterpretations? I find them so very entertaining.
July 11, 2011
bilby commented on the word odds and ends
Eggcorn.
July 12, 2011