"the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
"the clock has a walnut case"
"restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"
"eccentric circles"
"a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"