miscellaneous things. There were lots of odds and ends in the attic, but nothing of real value.I had the whole house cleaned out except for a few odds and ends that you might want to keep.
(British, American & Australian) alsoodds and sods (British & Australian informal)
a group of small objects of different types which are not very valuable or important I eventually found my keys buried beneath the odds and ends in the bottom of my bag.
Miscellaneous items, fragments and remnants, as in I've finished putting everything away, except for a few odds and ends. This expression may have originated as odd ends in the mid-1500s, meaning "short leftovers of some material" (such as lumber or cloth). It had acquired its present form and meaning by the mid-1700s.