Definition of Odd man out

1. Noun. Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.

Exact synonyms: Kook, Odd Fellow, Odd Fish, Queer Bird, Queer Duck
Generic synonyms: Anomaly, Unusual Person
Derivative terms: Kooky

Definition of Odd man out

1. Noun. (alternative form of odd one out) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Odd Man Out

odd-leg caliper
odd-pinnate
odd-pinnate leaf
odd-toed ungulate
odd-year run
odd and curious
odd chromosome
odd duck
odd fellow
odd fish
odd function
odd functions
odd job
odd jobs
odd lot
odd man out (current term)
odd men out
odd one out
oddball
odder
odderon
odderons
oddest
oddi's sphincter
oddish
oddities
odditis
oddity
oddly

Literary usage of Odd man out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica by Joseph Jackson Howard (1900)
"THE odd man out. %* We gladly insert the above, as it was far from the ... The error arose from the Reviewer understanding that " The odd man out" was the ..."

2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"odd man out, subs. pkr. (common).—A mode of tossing for drinks by three or more. Each spins a coin, and if two come up * head * and one ' tail/ the * tail,* ..."

3. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"odd man out, a street or public-house game at tossing. The number of players is three or more. Each tosses up a coin, and if two come down head, ..."

4. The Red Dragon: The National Magazine of Wales edited by Charles Wilkins, James Harris (1883)
"Some folk, if you go in with them, will propose that odd man out shall pay. It's only a Sawney as can be sucked in that way. If you chum in with two friends ..."

5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"They said, after what I 'd told them, they wouldn t accept my money, but would all go "odd man out" as to which should pay. However, it came to exactly the ..."

6. Representative One-act Plays by British and Irish Authors by Clark, Barrett Harper, 1890- (1921)
""The Doorway", "Dealing in Futures", "Graft", "The Oak Settle", "The Scaring-Off of Teddy Dawson", and "The odd man out" are published separately by Samuel ..."

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