odd-bod

See also: odd bod

English edit

Noun edit

odd-bod (plural odd-bods)

Alternative form of odd bod
- 1998, The American Dance Circle - Volumes 19-20, page 31:
  ...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.
- 2005, Henry Pollack, The accidental developer, →ISBN, page 235:
  The college remains an odd-bod among the campus buildings.
- 2006, Raymond Brown, Jason Tune, Sex, Drugs and Northern Soul, →ISBN, 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.
- 2011, The Shrink from Planet Zob: Psychiatry for a Mad World, →ISBN:
  Aren't you going to thank me for getting rid of the odd-bod?
- 2013, Brian Bailie, Bowen Bailie, Raising a Smile for Northern Ireland Children's Hospice, →ISBN:
  I've known Ernie since we were kids; always a bit of an odd-bod, but he's completely harmless.
- 2014, Philomena Ott, How to Manage Spelling Successfully, →ISBN, page 220:
  The irregular 'odd-bod' spellings can be challenging, and can be taught using the Fernald method or with menemonics as an aide-memoire.
- 2016, M. Gordon Brown, Access, Property and American Urban Space, →ISBN, page 82:
  It's a race, you know, to take part, to move around living in odd-bod accommodation throughout England.