out-of-common

Updated: May 1, 2025

"You're a red one-red and speckled. Mr. Bangs," he added, before the outraged Primmie could reply, "I think consider'ble about names, havin' such a out-of-common sort of a one myself. I never heard your name afore.... Galusha.... Godfreys! Was you named for somebody in the family?" "Yes." "I see. Yes, yes. Most generally names like that, the tough ones, come out of the Bible in the fust place.

Joseph Crosby Lincoln - Galusha the Magnificent