Meaning of odd man | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote; an arbiter.
2. Someone who does odd jobs.
3. A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill.

Examples

“‘My father always kept a dog-cart, and we had three servants. We had a cook and a housemaid and an odd man.’”

“Their complexion was lustreless and clammy, although Aunt Evelyn's odd man had given them all the energy of his elbow.”

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