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odd fish

odd fish noun: an unusual thing or eccentric person.

Noun

odd fish (plural odd fish)

  1. (idiomatic) An unusual thing or eccentric person.
    • We are constantly told how normal and honorable Thoreau was, yet it seems that we would get much further in understanding him if we began, by conceding that he was an odd fish, full of peculiar conceits.2001, Paul Theroux, Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings, page 355
    • The second work is more promising, but something of an odd fish: the anonymous German treatise Schwester Katrei.2010, Stephen Mossman, Marquard von Lindau and the Challenges of Religious Life

Synonyms of odd fish

All synonyms of odd fish

Forms of odd fish

pluralodd fish

Questions about odd fish

What does odd fish mean?
Odd fish means an unusual thing or eccentric person.
What part of speech is odd fish?
Odd fish is a noun.
What is the plural of odd fish?
The plural of odd fish is odd fish.

Words near odd fish in the dictionary

  1. odd couple
  2. odd couples
  3. odd duck
  4. odd ducks
  5. Odd Fellow
  6. odd fish
  7. odd function
  8. odd functions
  9. odd job
  10. odd jobbed
  11. odd jobbing

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