quair
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of quair
a variant of quire 1
Example Sentences
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Well, ye-yes, but you've got to know how to tackle the guv'nor; he's a quair sort.
From The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story by John Roussel
Quire is the same word as quair, in the "King's Quair" i.e. book.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
You know that quair schooner that chased us down one day an’ asked the fool questions about you?”
From The Harbor of Doubt by George W. Gage
The tane was buried in Marie's kirk, The tother in Marie's quair; And out o' the tane there sprang a birk,75 And out o' the tother a brier.
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
I tell you, Mr. Jeemes," he tendered, "a poor man don't have nigh the temptations o' the rich fellers, and he can't afford so handy to be odd and quair.
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Sarah Bell Hackley
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