I believe he expected me to give him a receipt in round hundreds and take the "oddment," as we call it in. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the World to Come]
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. From Wordnik.com. [Regeneration] Reference
This section was an oddment, which General Clayton had seen in. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
And instead of saying "I would like to say a few words: Nitwit! blubber! oddment! tweak!". From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Dropped Ball] Reference
While puzzling over this funereal oddment, the movement of something overhead pulls his focus. From Wordnik.com. [Grievous battily harm] Reference
If you see an oddment available, email me at [email protected] and put the title of the painting you want in the subject line. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
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?. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]
There are two ways to buy an oddment, one of them rather unique. From Wordnik.com. [RVABlogs] Reference
An oddment here is that parts of the town, particularly the police department, are very bike friendly. From Wordnik.com. [UUpdates - All updates] Reference
I never officially announced the new oddment blog so a quick description: I'll be making a thousand oddment paintings. From Wordnik.com. [RVABlogs] Reference
His game was, he picked out an oddment from the heap, polished it, fitted it more or less into the silly puzzle, and stepped back to eye it. From Wordnik.com. [Foe-Farrell] Reference
There's also a CD-sized, covered storage box on the fascia for eyewear and cell-phones, as well as two little oddment bins in the centre console. From Wordnik.com. [Motoring] Reference
Additional oddment storage has been created for added convenience, with a new cubby at the base of the central cluster which is ideal for a mobile phone or portable audio player. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Footwell illumination provides a welcoming ambience on getting into the car and extra oddment storage has been created at the base of the centre stack - ideal for cellphone or iPod. From Wordnik.com. [Motoring]
As I hung about the house that mellow autumn, I fell, more than once, into musing laughter, as here and there some piece of furniture, some picture or dish or oddment brought back to me her uncounted, endless assaults on Margarita's simple, healthy and (to the orthodox English woman) baseless scheme of existence. From Wordnik.com. [Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty] Reference
And while the water raced and sang, shoes were kicked off and clothes fell, a bit here, an oddment there, in their owners’ haste to be rid of encumbrances. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Pains] Reference
Fenway Court is kept, down to the least detail, as it was in her quirky, imperious lifetime: her will sternly stipulated that if so much as a chair were moved or if a new picture or an alien oddment were insinuated into the premises, if there were the slightest infraction of any of the rules she had laid down, the Museum and the land it stands upon, the whole kit and caboodle, would pass into the hands of Harvard College to be sold, and the income from the trust fund she had left for its maintenance would be diverted to the increase of salaries for professors of 'said college, or in sustaining scholarships.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Collector] Reference
He himself was much more of an oddment. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.1: Oryn Zentharis, Seeker of the Truth] Reference
What's an oddment?. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Another oddment for Jersey kids to bond over. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
I don’t know of a short story society of america either, but short stories have something better that haiku does not have: acceptance in the literary world even if the short story is only the red-headed stepchild of the profitable novel, it is still recognized as a worthy, even commercial, pursuit by the major publishers (whatever that may even mean any more) if i could submit haiku to the new yorker on the basis of literary merit (not as a spoof, parody, or oddment) and have the possibility of acceptance, i would not see the need for a haiku society of america either but this is not the case: i know from years of personal experience. From Wordnik.com. [jim kacian | country mouse « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground] Reference
Duane Keisers oddment paintings. From Wordnik.com. [Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'] Reference
1.) the first-come-first-served way - be the first to email me when an oddment you want is posted. From Wordnik.com. [RVABlogs] Reference
(oddment 97). From Wordnik.com. [A Painting a Day] Reference
Duane Keiser's "oddment" paintings. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
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