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Answer for the clue "Unconventional type ", 9 letters:
screwball

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Word definitions for screwball in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot , crank , nut , nut case , nutcase , fruitcake ] a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A screwball is a type of frozen confection that first appeared in the 1970s. It consists of a flavored sorbet like frozen dessert inside a conical, plastic cup with a gumball at the bottom; the flavor of the ice is usually raspberry ripple. Several prominent ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context originally US English) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird. n. 1 (context baseball English) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Screwball \Screwball\, n. an eccentric or crazy person; an oddball. a baseball pitch that curves in the direction opposite to that of a curve ball. adj. eccentric; zany; crazy.

Usage examples of screwball.

In addition to Doan and Carstairs, he created such series sleuths as Ben Shaley, Doc Flame, Bail Bond Dodd, the fudge, Jim Daniels, and another brilliantly screwball private eye, Max Latin.

There were so many unpopular and nonrespectable ideas that he espoused, that he earned himself such epithets as screwball, crackpot and worse—with the consequent loss of friends .

They should quit reading those damned little squibs in the popular science magazines, for starters -- I get enough screwball mail as it is.

I yearn to be the instrument through which God reunites you screwballs.

To do any of those things, I should start by enchanting her, fascinating her with my wit, deliver some of those fine lines movie stars toss off with such ease in screwball comedies.