Strange chaps originally transmitting such miscellaneous items (8)
I believe the answer is:
oddments
'miscellaneous items' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'strange chaps originally transmitting such' is the wordplay.
'strange' becomes 'odd' (I've seen this before).
'chaps' becomes 'men' (chap can mean a man).
'originally' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'transmitting such' is 'ts'.
'odd'+'men'+'ts'='ODDMENTS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oddments that I've seen before include "Remnants" , "Bits and pieces, isolated garments" , "Mods tend to don bits and pieces" , "Motley assortment of things" , "Isolated articles, left-overs." .)