ABSTRACT
https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781410602084/ff25c334-31d2-4a69-a205-84dc3746a4f2/content/figu8_1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> “Odd Terms”<xref ref-type="fn" rid="c08_fn1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
The phrase “odd man out” apparently came into use during the Civil War. Union troops were each issued half of a two-man tent. In a unit with an odd number of men, someone could not assemble a tent and was literally “left out in the cold.”
