bits and bobs
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Meaning · English
Various small, unrelated things
Literally: small, miscellaneous objects
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
No it's not full, it was just bits and bobs.
or erm one of those bags you know with all the bits and bobs in
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed on Wikipedia “Irreversible binomial” (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-29). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “bits and bobs” mean?
Various small, unrelated things Literally: small, miscellaneous objects
Is “bits and bobs” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.