English

Noun

odd-bod ‎(plural odd-bods)

1. 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 0733315895, page 235:

     The college remains an odd-bod among the campus buildings.

   • 2006, Raymond Brown & Jason Tune, Sex, Drugs and Northern Soul, ISBN 1905610432, 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 0955740126:

     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 1456608614:

     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 1134171331, 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 1134001193, page 82:

     It's a race, you know, to take part, to move around living in odd-bod accommodation throughout England.