Definition of Oddsman

1. an umpire [n ODDSMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oddsman

oddly
oddly enough
oddment
oddments
oddness
oddnesses
odds
odds-maker
odds-on
odds and ends
odds on
odds ratio
oddsmaker
oddsmakers
oddsmaking
oddsman (current term)
oddsmen
ode
odea
odelet
odelets
odeon
odeons
odes
odeum
odeums
odible
odic
odically
odiferous

Literary usage of Oddsman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"... men," a name which is still applied in some parts of Scotland to an arbiter, oddsman, or umpire. The courts which they held were called ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... men,* a name which is still applied in some parts of Scotland to an arbiter, oddsman, or umpire. The courts which they held were called ..."

3. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"... men," a name which is still applied in some parts of Scotland to an arbiter, oddsman, or umpire. The courts which they held were called ..."

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