odd bird
Example Sentences
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An odd bird it is, dwelling in a dusty room that lacks a window or a view.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
“It’s an odd bird in the sense of it’s not an obvious thing,” he said.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
Robbie’s fictional Kayla, a self-proclaimed “evangelical millennial,” is not an easily classifiable political type but a believably odd bird.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2019
I was always an odd bird, I didn’t really fit anywhere.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 28, 2016
Though still often seen in some districts, there are other localities where this odd bird is nearly extinct.
From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard
