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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Well, well, I'll say nothin' for it, only that it's quare!
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
Sure, God's ways are quare, but 'tisn't for us to be judgin'; maybe He's saved worse, Miss Clodagh!
From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston
“It’s a quare wish to be wishin’ agin the poor, decent lad,” said her husband, “and he lepping plenty of ricks for ourselves before now.”
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
He was fain to console himself with the rather mortifying reflection that “the Quins knew well enough she did be apt to take up with quare nonsensical fantigues, that nobody minded.”
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
In a case of quare impedit, in the year-book, 34 H. 6, fo.
From The Trial of Henry Hetherington by Henry Hetherington
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