Oddments
[od-muh nt] /ˈɒd mənt/
noun
1.
an article, bit, remnant, or the like.
2.
an article belonging to a broken or incomplete set.
3.
Printing. any individual portion of a book excluding the text, as the frontispiece or index.
/ˈɒdmənt/
noun
1.
(often pl) an odd piece or thing; leftover
2.
(pl) (NZ) pieces of wool, such as belly wool or neck wool, removed from a fleece and sold separately
n.
1780, a hybrid with a Latin suffix on a Germanic word, from odd (q.v.), on model of fragments. Related: Oddment.
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