Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
odd-come-shortly . - noun Any misfit garment that has come into a dealer's possession; any one of odds and ends in the way of dress.
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Examples
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And I've got a lifework instead of being an odd-come-short.
The Judge Rebecca West 1937
yarb commented on the word odd-come-short
"Oh, I'm a lucky man, lucky man! And I've got a lifework instead of being an odd-come-short. I'll always have something to do now."
- Rebecca West, The Judge
September 12, 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word odd-come-short
See odd-come-shortly.
August 25, 2021