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Is society chap a misfit ? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

oddfellow

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'a misfit ?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'is society chap' is the wordplay.
'is society' becomes 'odd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'chap' becomes 'fellow' (both can mean a man).
'odd'+'fellow'='ODDFELLOW'

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(Other definitions for oddfellow that I've seen before include "Member of fraternity" , "member of secret society" , "fraternal member" , "one of a fraternity" , "Member of friendly society (funny chap!)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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