bits and bobs
plural noun
British
: things or objects of different kinds
There are just a few bits and bobs of furniture in the office.
No one knows exactly what happened. All we have is a few bits and bobs of information so far.
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All of these bits and bobs live inside productions that balance bass wobble with kaleidoscopic synths with deep emotion and big ideas.
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 July 2025
Then bits and bobs appeared in what looked like an explosion of living things in strata above a certain age.
—Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
An optional Carbon Fiber package with a spoiler, underbody strakes, and other bits and bobs together help produce an immense 1,200 lb (544 kg) of downforce.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 18 June 2025
Pope Leo's next few weeks will be filled with all of the administrative bits and bobs required from any new job — that includes his uniform, his ring and his schedule.
—Ashley Brown, NPR, 9 May 2025
Beneath the center console, there’s ample storage for additional bits and bobs and the arm rest lifts up to reveal more storage below.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
There are any number of ways to achieve Schlieren images, but its basics boil down to using a set of special lights, lenses, optical knife edges, and other bits and bobs to light an image, which is reflected onto a screen or through a camera lens to create a very stable image.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 3 Mar. 2025
Rostock has 15 kilometers of beach (about nine miles), divided into naturist-only, mixed and textile-only — so all guests’ needs are covered, even if their bits and bobs aren’t.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Junk journaling calls for taking those bits and bobs and sticking them onto a notebook page.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
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Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 July 2025
Then bits and bobs appeared in what looked like an explosion of living things in strata above a certain age.
—Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
An optional Carbon Fiber package with a spoiler, underbody strakes, and other bits and bobs together help produce an immense 1,200 lb (544 kg) of downforce.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 18 June 2025
Pope Leo's next few weeks will be filled with all of the administrative bits and bobs required from any new job — that includes his uniform, his ring and his schedule.
—Ashley Brown, NPR, 9 May 2025
Beneath the center console, there’s ample storage for additional bits and bobs and the arm rest lifts up to reveal more storage below.
—Trinity Francis, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
There are any number of ways to achieve Schlieren images, but its basics boil down to using a set of special lights, lenses, optical knife edges, and other bits and bobs to light an image, which is reflected onto a screen or through a camera lens to create a very stable image.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 3 Mar. 2025
Rostock has 15 kilometers of beach (about nine miles), divided into naturist-only, mixed and textile-only — so all guests’ needs are covered, even if their bits and bobs aren’t.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Junk journaling calls for taking those bits and bobs and sticking them onto a notebook page.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 25 Jan. 2025
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