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The phrase "an odd number of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to discuss a quantity or amount that is not evenly divided. For example, "We had an odd number of guests at the restaurant, so we had to split the bill unevenly."
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Should there be an odd number of them in a day, they will toss a coin.
This was an upside-down count signal indicating an odd number of clubs.
You might as well say that any family with an odd number of kids is unbalanced.
Deas (West) led the heart three, lowest from an odd number of cards.
But West led the heart deuce, lowest from an odd number of cards.
This was an upside-down count signal, high-low showing an odd number of cards.
West led the club deuce, lowest from an odd number of cards in the suit.
Forrester (East) led the club deuce, low from an odd number of cards.
West leads the heart deuce, lowest from an odd number of cards.
(If there is an odd number of students, include yourself in the smaller group to even them out).
One is that centipedes are inaptly named, since they always have an odd number of pairs of legs -- never 100.
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