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Meanings of odd fellow in English

Catalan
tocat de l'ala
Spanish
tipo raro

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

tocat de l'ala
Usage of odd fellow in English
1
He is an odd fellow, Fritz, and almost lives in the library.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
2
Oh, David Gordon Green, you really are an odd fellow and no mistake.
The Irish Times
3
An odd fellow, full of talent, and a musical genius.
Don Orsino
4
An odd fellow rides below here, tarrying as if expectant.
The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series
5
You 're an odd fellow to have asked for it.'
Celt and Saxon — Volume 1
6
Goujet was an odd fellow, proposing to elope, just the way it happens in novels.
L'Assommoir
7
Landy was left out, because he was the odd fellow, and perhaps for other obvious reasons.
Afloat; or, Adventures on Watery Trails
8
Our twenty odd fellow adventurers speak a variety of languages and comprise of visitors and locals alike.
The South African
9
Mr. Pine Finch was an odd fellow.
The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse
10
What an odd fellow this Posidon is!
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
11
He was a very odd fellow.
A Great Emergency and Other Tales
12
What an odd fellow Nevill was!
The Golden Silence
13
You're an odd fellow.
The Frozen Deep
14
He's an odd fellow!
Missing
15
Flaccid bodies shimmy into shorts, post-Christmas party food too tight T-shirts and I have spotted the odd fellow in slip slops.
The South African
16
But he will receive no pay until he lands a broker's job for which he must compete with 20- odd fellow interns.
Reuters
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