oddment

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oddment

noun oddments

A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth. an oddment of ribbon / of wood
Similar: fragment, offcut, remainder, remnant, scrap
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 me
Similar: bits and bobs, bits and pieces, bric-a-brac, odds and ends, odds and sods, whatnot
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.
Similar: remainder
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. Oh, I know for a fact that she’s loaned a fiver from the little oddment who has the floor under mine—
Similar: misfit, oddball, weirdo
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 sa
Similar: assortment
A remaining number or amount (after a calculation). I’m your age treble [i.e. three times your age], with some oddments to’t,
Similar: remainder
Something strange or unusual. How did he come to join the cavalry? That was an oddment.
Similar: oddity

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@misc{oddment_2026,
  title = {oddment},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oddment},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}