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Odd Fellow   Listen
noun
Odd Fellow  n.  A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Odd Fellow" Quotes from Famous Books



... the loss of his guardian, but he is an odd fellow, and I don't quite like the look of his countenance," said Ronald to himself, ...
— Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships - A Story of the Last Naval War • W.H.G. Kingston

... of it at that," replied the farmer, without a smile. This answer, as a matter of course, set the new corner down as one upon whom the rest of the passengers could crack their jokes with the utmost impunity. "Are you an Odd Fellow?" asked one. "No, sir, I've been married more than a month." "I mean, do you belong to the order of Odd Fellows?" "No, no; I belong to the order of married men." "Are you a mason?" "No, I am a carpenter ...
— Clotel; or, The President's Daughter • William Wells Brown

... have done; the Duke starts the day after to-morrow, and I have packed Kenelm off to town, with a letter to my old friend. You will excuse all leave taking. You know that though the best of sons he is an odd fellow; and seeing that I had talked him into it, I struck while the iron was hot, and sent him off by the express at nine o'clock this morning, for fear that if I allowed any delay he would ...
— Kenelm Chillingly, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton



Words linked to "Odd Fellow" :   odd man out, anomaly, odd fish, kook, queer bird, queer duck, unusual person



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