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Synonyms
character, codger, crack, crackbrain, crackpot, crank, eccentric, flake, fruitcake, head case, nut, nutcase, nutter [British slang], oddball, oddity, original, quiz, screwball, weirdo, zany
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1960, in the meaning defined above
by shortening & alteration from cuckoo
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