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odditorium|ɒdɪˈtɔərɪəm|
[f. oddity + -orium.]
A shop or venue for the display or retailing of oddities. Also transf.
1914R. & E. Shackleton Four on Tour 182 We happened upon an ‘odditorium’, a delightful name adopted by a very shabby shop in a very narrow lane [in Kingston-upon-Thames] where we found some very attractive bits of old silver and china. 1933Sun (Baltimore) 16 Dec. 10/6 Mr. Miller..manages the Ripley Believe It or Not ‘odditorium’ at Horticulture Hall, which contains thirty-nine oddities. 1940Time 26 Feb. 42/2 Sanka Coffee's Tuesday-night odditorium of the air. |