Definition of Oddment

1. Noun. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.

Exact synonyms: End, Remainder, Remnant
Specialized synonyms: Fag End
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Cloth, Piece Of Material
Derivative terms: Remain

2. Noun. Something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting.

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

odd men out
odd one out
oddball
odder
odderon
odderons
oddest
oddi's sphincter
oddish
oddities
odditis
oddity
oddly
oddly enough
oddment (current term)
oddments
oddness
oddnesses
odds
odds-maker
odds-on
odds and ends
odds on
odds ratio
oddsmaker
oddsmakers
oddsmaking
oddsman
oddsmen

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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