oddship
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editoddship (plural oddships)
- (rare, humorous) oddity, often used as a form of address.
- 1928, Booklets - Volume 49:
- It appears, to be but yesterday that there stepped from this Chair one of the weightiest Oddships of modern times who now reposes under the shade of an equally gigantic umbrella.
- 2011, Alec Waugh, My Brother Evelyn & Other Profiles:
- Each member has a special cognomen and is known and addressed as Brother Idler, Brother Spectator, or Corinthian. The president is called 'His Oddship'.
- 1928, Booklets - Volume 49: