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der Kauz (Käuze)
   oddball, screwball, strange fellow, weirdo; (old) codger, coot; tawny owl, owlet

Tim Roth spielt seinen Ermittler als schlagfertigen Kauz.
Tim Roth plays his investigator as a quickwitted oddball. (in "Lie to Me")
Er ist ein komischer Kauz.
He’s a strange bird. (...odd fellow.)

Related:
kauzig (adj) odd, strange, funny
der Steinkauz little owl
der Waldkauz tawny owl

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