oddment

Plural: oddments

Noun

• a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
• something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
• A part of something that is left over, such as a piece of cloth.
• Something that does not match the things it is with or cannot easily be categorized; a miscellaneous item.
• An item that was originally part of a set but is sold individually; an excess item of stock.
• A part of a book that is not a portion of the text, such as the title, index, etc. (usually plural).
• A person who does not fit in with others or is considered to be strange in some way.
• A varied collection (of items).
• A remaining number or amount (after a calculation).
• Something strange or unusual.

Examples

• "an oddment of ribbon / of wood"

Synonyms

assortment, bits and bobs, bits and pieces, bric-a-brac, curio, curiosity, end, fragment, misfit, oddball, oddity, odds and ends, odds and sods, offcut, peculiarity, rarity, remainder, remnant, scrap, weirdo, whatnot