"odd and curious" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-odd and curious.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} odd and curious (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic, British) On the Isle of Man, the common or general man. Tags: British, idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-odd_and_curious-en-adj-ilisoRd4 Categories (other): British English, English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 49 51
  2. (idiomatic, US) A way to designate special coins, namely coins that are both odd and imperfect or seriously damaged. Tags: US, idiomatic, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-odd_and_curious-en-adj-biFNDFKp Categories (other): American English, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 65

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