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Queer
Pronunciation : Queer
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [G. quer cross, oblique, athwart (cf. querkopf a queer fellow), OHG. twer, twerh, dwerah; akin to D. dvars, AS, ?weorh thwart, bent, twisted, Icel. ?verr thwart, transverse, Goth. ?wa?rhs angry, and perh. to L. torqyere to twist, and E. through. Cf. Tortu
Definition : 1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. " A queer look." W. Irving.
2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction. [Colloq.]
[Compar. Queerer; superl. Queerest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Queer
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Counterfeit money. [Slang] To shove the queer, to put counterfeit money in circulation. [Slang]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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