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Definition of Odd man out
1. Noun. Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.
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
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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