QUEER
\kwˈi͡ə], \kwˈiə], \k_w_ˈiə]\
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kw[=e]r, adj. odd, singular, quaint: open to suspicion, dubious: counterfeit: having a sensation of coming sickness.--v.t. (slang) to banter, ridicule.--adj. QUEER'ISH, somewhat singular.--n. QUEER'ITY (rare).--adv. QUEER'LY.--n. QUEER'NESS.--QUEER STREET, the imaginary residence of persons in financial and other difficulties.--A QUEER FISH (see FISH); SHOVE THE QUEER (slang), to pass bad money. [Low Ger. queer, across, oblique (Ger. quer); cf. Thwart.]
By Thomas Davidson
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(slang). Strange, odd, eccentric; of questionable character, shady, suspect; out of sorts, giddy, faint, (esp. feel q.); (slang) drunk; in Q. street (slang), in a difficulty, in debt or trouble or disrepute; hence queerish a., queerly adv., queerness n. (Vb) spoil, put out of order, (esp. q. the pitch for one, spoil his chance beforehand by secret dealings); make feel q. [Greek]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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