oddment

IPA: ˈɑdmʌnt

noun

  • A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.
  • Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
  • (commerce) An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
  • (printing) A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
  • A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
  • A varied collection (of items).
  • A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
  • Something strange or unusual.
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Examples of "oddment" in Sentences

  • This section was an oddment, which General Clayton had seen in
  • And instead of saying "I would like to say a few words: Nitwit! blubber! oddment! tweak!"
  • While puzzling over this funereal oddment, the movement of something overhead pulls his focus.
  • One thinker that is deftly oddment about most of them is that each is as dumb and stupid as the next
  • I believe he expected me to give him a receipt in round hundreds and take the "oddment," as we call it in
  • If you see an oddment available, email me at keiser@duanekeiser.com and put the title of the painting you want in the subject line.
  • Mrs. Babbit would bring a pot of the "Soup of the Day" from the adjoining diner for the maids to enjoy with whatever oddment they had brought from home to eat.
  • He suddenly remembered Dumbledore's idea of a few words: 'nitwit', 'oddment', 'blubber' and 'tweak 1, and again, had to suppress a grin ... what was the matter with him?
  • Long craft were brought from the caves laden with every kind of oddment, iron kettles, anvils, transmitters, birdcages, treasure, and dark figures hauled them out through the surf.
  • Then there are houses where the people employed in the paper-works lodge, a recently-acquired home for the better class of men, which was once a mansion of the De Clifford family, and afterwards a hospital, and a store where every kind of oddment is sold by Dutch auction.

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