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ODD FISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does odd fish mean?
• ODD FISH (noun)
The noun ODD FISH has 1 sense:
1. someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
Familiarity information: ODD FISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
kook; odd fellow; odd fish; odd man out; queer bird; queer duck
Hypernyms ("odd fish" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Context examples
Steerforth, dismissing the subject with a light nod, and a smile, and the remark that he would be glad to see the old fellow too, for he had always been an odd fish, inquired if I could give him anything to eat?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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