quare
Britishadjective
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remarkable or strange
a quare fellow
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great or good
you're in a quare mess
Etymology
Origin of quare
probably variant of queer
Example Sentences
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"But 'tis a quare place you'll be findin' Orristown after England."
From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston
Now didn't I say I was a quare woman, and you almost a stranger?
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
It was a quare ship, boys, with a one-eyed captain and a one-legged crew.
From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Gordon Stables
"A quare gal!" mused Granf'er, beginning to delve in his trousers pocket for his twist.
From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Edwin Carlile Litsey
Boys, oh! but he was the quare poet!
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
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