He sometimes sends odd gifts (such as plastic severed hands, prom tiaras, and masks) back with his responses.

The staff at Rhodes College, however, is not quite as sanguine about the odd gifts they have had to deal with.

In 1955, on his 67th birthday, a neighbor presented the illustrious physicist with an odd, makeshift gift.

They knew the source of this odd gift even as they sank back on the bed, content to be familiar male and female for a time.

Factories traded materials and goods on the basis of personal connections, usually greased by the odd gift or outright cash.

Nor can they part with the odd gift or heirloom.

"Tzigane" is an odd but provocative and amusing gift to welcome back a muse.

That clock was a trophy which had been given to the Cobalt Club and other odd gifts adorned the wall along with it.

But even to Farrokh it seemed an odd, questionable gift - to present India with another baby.

"An odd gift from friends," he said.