"odd man" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From odd + man, probably after a Scandinavian source. Compare Old Norse odda-maðr.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "odd man out"
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        "In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote; an arbiter."
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          "ref": "1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 58",
          "text": "‘My father always kept a dog-cart, and we had three servants. We had a cook and a housemaid and an odd man.’"
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          "ref": "1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 86:",
          "text": "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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        "Someone who does odd jobs."
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          "orig": "en:Rowing",
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        "A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill."
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          "boat",
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          "crew",
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        "(rowing) A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill."
      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "rowing",
        "sports"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒd man/",
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  "word": "odd man"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "In a group having an odd number of people, someone with the casting vote; an arbiter."
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          "ref": "1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 86:",
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        "Someone who does odd jobs."
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        "(rowing) A man who trains in company with a boat's crew, so that he can take the place of anybody who falls ill."
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        "rowing",
        "sports"
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