Citations:odd


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * That which they got not (as I said) were jewels, also he had a little odd money left, but scarce enough to bring him to his journey's end [1 Peter 4:18]; nay, if I was not misinformed, he was forced to beg as he went, to keep himself alive; for his jewels he might not sell.

used for odd jobs

 * 1894, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers: 1850-1908, page 98:
 * [...] the first year, he drives the odd horse, doing odd jobs with the cart; he then is raised to the rank of a junior ploughman, and except that he does not do drilling or ridging work, his work is precisely the same as that of an ordinary hind.
 * 1912, John Burleigh, Ednam and Its Indwellers
 * There is also the “orra man &#39;&#39; who, like the odd horse, is kept busy on odd jobs. On one farm the “orra man &#39;&#39; was a lad who was half-witted, but who did his best. On one occasion he was set to remove a heap of stones on a wheelbarrow.