Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm not sure that the third condition actually generates what I'll call odd graphs. For example, if I let $A$ be the graph consisting of a single vertex and $B$ be the graph consisting of two isolated vertices, then clearly both $A$ and $B$ are even. However, if I form the $A-B-C$ construction with this choice of $A$ and $B$ I get a graph with an even number of vertices, which can't be odd by the proof of the cute question.
We can fix this by further insisting that each vertex of $A$ and $C$ have odd degree. I'll call such graphs oddly even. Note that a disjoint union of two oddly even graphs is still oddly even, so it really isn't necessary to have a $A-B-C$ construction, we only need a $A-B$ construction. Furthermore, it is not necessary that $B$ is an odd clique; $B$ can in fact be any odd graph.
We thus have the following theorem.
Theorem. Let $A$ be an oddly even graph and $B$ be an odd graph. Then the graph $A-B$ formed by taking $A$ and $B$ and adding all edges between $A$ and $B$ is odd.
So, I guess the answer to the question is no.
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