odds and sods noun[plural only]2 •(UK, informal) Miscellaneous items.Perhaps it's for the best, if this is what his recording career has sunk to: a slapdash assortment of odds and sods from all parts of his career. — 1993 •(UK, informal) Ordinary people who lack distinction.But as the smartly dressed Kim arrived covered in mud from her foray across the pig yard, Tina took the opportunity to sneer, “Now we know how the odds and sods feel when Princess Diana turns up.” — 1997
