Meanings
- UKinformalpluralplural onlySynonym of odds and sods (“miscellaneous items”).
Barbary lions had been believed extinct in the wild since the mid-twentieth century, survived only by a few odds and bods of DNA carried in captive individuals descended from Haile Selassie's private collection.
2015, Bryn Ellis, Half Trace, page 290Synonyms: odds and sods
- UKinformalpluralplural onlySynonym of odds and sods (“ordinary people who lack distinction”).
Synonyms: odds and sods
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of odds and sods (“miscellaneous items”).
nounSynonym of odds and sods (“ordinary people who lack distinction”).
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odds and bods. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odds%20and%20bods
“odds and bods.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odds%20and%20bods. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “odds and bods,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/odds%20and%20bods.
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