(UK, military slang) A temporary crew member who joins a mission with an established crew.
Oh I know: you're the odd bod. Of course, that's it, you're the odd bod.
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(UK, informal) An eccentric; weirdo.
They had landed without the odd bod. They worked out that he must have bailed out pretty sharpish when Teddy first ordered them to abandon J-Jig.
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Something that is different from others in the same category; odd one out.
We are being asked for a maximum effort sometime over the next few nights, so if one of the other crew are short, then one of your chaps will have to fill in as an odd bod.
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