subs. phr. (colloquial).—An eccentric: see Queer Card.
1771. FRANKLIN, Autobiography [Works (1887) I. 137]. He was an ODD FISH.
1820. LAMB, The Essays of Elia, ‘The South-Sea House.’ Humourists, for they were of all descriptions … ODD FISHES.
1837. C. DANCE, The Country Squire, i. 3. Hor. (Crossing behind, to George—going). He’s a devilish ODD FISH!
