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Definition of Oddment
1. Noun. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.
Specialized synonyms: Fag End
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Cloth, Piece Of Material
Derivative terms: Remain
2. Noun. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.
Generic synonyms: Object, Physical Object
Specialized synonyms: Bric-a-brac, Knickknack, Knickknackery, Nicknack, Whatnot, Collectable, Collectible, Collector's Item, Piece De Resistance, Showpiece
Derivative terms: Curious, Odd, Peculiar, Rare
Definition of Oddment
1. n. An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows;
Definition of Oddment
1. Noun. Something left over, such as a piece of cloth; a remnant or offcut. ¹
2. Noun. Something unusual, an oddity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oddment
1. a remnant [n -S] - See also: remnant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oddment
Literary usage of Oddment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"oddment, s.—A remnant, or piece left of anything. When the oddment of potatoes
were offered by auction. OF, prep.—Used after verbal nouns, or " redundantly ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"A single one, as a single duck or children left out of a clutch. oddment, s.—A
remnant, or piece left of anything. ..."
3. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1900)
"... other little understood rocks in a kind of 'oddment' drawer.4 Does this
uncertainty in the past as to the genesis of a rock debar us from using its name ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"oddment (printing), said of a book that ends on an odd leaf. (Linen - drapers),
short pieces left from rolls of stuff, linen, cloth, &c. ..."
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