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YouIf you're not speaking or writing formally, you can use "odd".

He's sixty-odd years old.
It cost fifty-odd thousand dollars.
He has two-thousand-odd chickens on his farm.
A million-odd people live in San Jose.

I don't find it idiomatic for single-digit numbers like "one" or "two". So I wouldn't recommend saying:

*We waited two-odd hours.

(Although Google does find a few hits for "two-odd hours".)

You can use "odd".

He's sixty-odd years old.
It cost fifty-odd thousand dollars.
He has two-thousand-odd chickens on his farm.
A million-odd people live in San Jose.

I don't find it idiomatic for single-digit numbers like "one" or "two". So I wouldn't recommend saying:

*We waited two-odd hours.

(Although Google does find a few hits for "two-odd hours".)

If you're not speaking or writing formally, you can use "odd".

He's sixty-odd years old.
It cost fifty-odd thousand dollars.
He has two-thousand-odd chickens on his farm.
A million-odd people live in San Jose.

I don't find it idiomatic for single-digit numbers like "one" or "two". So I wouldn't recommend saying:

*We waited two-odd hours.

(Although Google does find a few hits for "two-odd hours".)

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Peter Shor
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You can use "odd".

He's sixty-odd years old.
It cost fifty-odd thousand dollars.
He has two-thousand-odd chickens on his farm.
A million-odd people live in San Jose.

I don't think it's thatfind it idiomatic for single-digit numbers like "one" or "two". So don't sayI wouldn't recommend saying:

*We waited two-odd hours.

(Although Google does find a few hits for "two-odd hours".)

You can use "odd".

He's sixty-odd years old.
It cost fifty-odd thousand dollars.
A million-odd people live in San Jose.

I don't think it's that idiomatic for single-digit numbers like "one" or "two". So don't say:

*We waited two-odd hours.

You can use "odd".

He's sixty-odd years old.
It cost fifty-odd thousand dollars.
He has two-thousand-odd chickens on his farm.
A million-odd people live in San Jose.

I don't find it idiomatic for single-digit numbers like "one" or "two". So I wouldn't recommend saying:

*We waited two-odd hours.

(Although Google does find a few hits for "two-odd hours".)

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Peter Shor
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You can use "odd".

He's sixty-odd years old.
It cost fifty-odd thousand dollars.
A million-odd people live in San Jose.

I don't think it's that idiomatic for single-digit numbers like "one" or "two". So don't say:

*We waited two-odd hours.