Oddment

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.

    "an oddment of ribbon / of wood"

  2. 2
    something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.

    "The Lahore Museum was larger, but here were more wonders—ghost-daggers and prayer-wheels from Tibet; […] gilt figures of Buddha, and little portable lacquer altars; Russian samovars with turquoises on the lid; […] arms of all sorts and kinds, and a thousand other oddments were cased, or piled, or merely thrown into the room, […]"

  4. 4
    a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold wordnet
  5. 5
    An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.

    "[…] she pushed me inside a shop that sold oddments and seconds."

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  1. 6
    A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
  2. 7
    A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.

    "Oh, I know for a fact that she’s loaned a fiver from the little oddment who has the floor under mine—"

  3. 8
    A varied collection (of items).

    "1862, Edward Bradley (as Cuthbert Bede), “The Agreeable Monk” in The Curate of Cranston; with Other Prose and Verse, London: Saunders, Otley, p. 281, […] there are two or three tables, where are newspapers, and some of the latest periodicals and reviews, and a miscellaneous oddment of the current sacred and profane literature, stacked for convenience of reference […]"

  4. 9
    A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).

    "I’m your age treble [i.e. three times your age], with some oddments to’t,"

  5. 10
    Something strange or unusual.

    "How did he come to join the cavalry? That was an oddment."

Etymology

From odd + -ment.

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