odd-man

[ od-man ]

adjectiveSports.
  1. noting or pertaining to a situation in which the players on one side outnumber those of the opposition.

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How to use odd-man in a sentence

  • Our verger and odd man about the church at Y—— (we took him over from our predecessor) could not read.

  • The great man let out a great big laugh, And to the odd man he talked down.

    A Hero and a Great Man | Francis Kruckvich
  • We three had to be content with the other room, and two beds; odd man out for the whole one.

    Three in Norway | James Arthur Lees