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odd men

odd men is the plural of odd man.

Meaning of odd man

Noun

odd man (plural odd men)

  1. In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote; an arbiter.
  2. Someone who does odd jobs.
    • ‘My father always kept a dog-cart, and we had three servants. We had a cook and a housemaid and an odd man.’1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 58, in Of Human Bondage
  3. A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill.

Questions about odd men

What is odd men the plural of?
Odd men is the plural of odd man.

Words near odd men in the dictionary

  1. odd lotter
  2. odd lotters
  3. odd man
  4. odd man out
  5. odd man wins
  6. odd men
  7. odd men out
  8. odd number
  9. odd numbers
  10. odd one out
  11. odd ones out

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