subs. phr. (old).—Some day. Also ODD-COME-SHORT, which likewise = odds and ends or fragments.
1738. SWIFT, Polite Conversation, i. Col. Miss, when will you be married? Miss. One of these ODD-COME-SHORTLY’S, Colonel.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
1824. SCOTT, St. Ronan’s Well, xvii. They say she is to be … off to England ane of thae ODD-COME-SHORTLYS.
1879. J. C. HARRIS, Uncle Remus, vii. Note. Run fetch me de ax, en I’ll wait on you one er deze ODD-COME-SHORTS.
