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odd-bod en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of odd bod.
    alt of odd bod
    • I've known Ernie since we were kids; always a bit of an odd-bod, but he's completely harmless. 2013, Brian Bailie, Bowen Bailie, Raising a Smile for Northern Ireland Children's Hospice, →ISBN:
    • Aren't you going to thank me for getting rid of the odd-bod? 2011, The Shrink from Planet Zob: Psychiatry for a Mad World, →ISBN:
    • ...triple proper, triple improper, Becket, mescolanza, double mescolanza, set dances for 2 couples, 3 couples (triplets), for 4, 5, 6, 8 or 12 couples (and more), double circle, Sicilian Circle, double Sicilian circle, Circassian circle, 3 face 3, double couple (or Tempest), 4 couples with an extra person (odd-bod) at one end of the line, plus other formations not listed here. 1998, The American Dance Circle - Volumes 19-20, page 31:
    • The leading protagonist at chess was an odd-bod by the name of Henry John, John being the American for something else and I sometimes wonder how right they are. 2006, Raymond Brown, Jason Tune, Sex, Drugs and Northern Soul, →ISBN, page 31:
    • The irregular 'odd-bod' spellings can be challenging, and can be taught using the Fernald method or with menemonics as an aide-memoire. 2014, Philomena Ott, How to Manage Spelling Successfully, →ISBN, page 220:
    • It's a race, you know, to take part, to move around living in odd-bod accommodation throughout England. 2016, M. Gordon Brown, Access, Property and American Urban Space, →ISBN, page 82:
    • The college remains an odd-bod among the campus buildings. 2005, Henry Pollack, The accidental developer, →ISBN, page 235:

Forms

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odd-bods Number=Plur lexicographic