oddlingn.
/ˈɒdlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɑdlɪŋ/ English regional (northern and midlands) and U.S. colloquial and regional.
(a) A person or thing considered odd, esp. because different from others in the same group or category. (b) In plural. Oddments, remainders.
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society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > load or lot of specific size or abundance > in a mixture or assortment
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1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 71 Odling, one differing from the rest of a family, brood, or litter; generally applied to the smallest, or to one with any peculiarity.
1870 Tommy Toddle's Comic Almenack 23 Nivver havin seen, ner been ta t'sea, I began ta feel like an oddlin.
1877 F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness at Oddlins Apples is onmost deean, bud Ah think we've a few oddlins left.
1900 Windsor Mag. 11 354 A hundred odd bits, that's all—but they are a manufacturer's oddlings.
1941 J. Stuart Men of Mountains 85 That's why I said you was one of God's oddlings, son. You won't even drink the licker like your Pap drinks... You ain't like your people.
1991 W. L. Heat Moon PrairyErth 363 I've wondered whether I could ever set this quad before you in some fairness to it and its oddlings, things I've had a hard time finding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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