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In fact, Carson invented this American prototype of the queerish tomboy girl, now a classic, later seen in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Bastard Out of Carolina,” and “Harriet the Spy.”

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2016

She is a strapping country lass, with a queerish name.

From Put Yourself in His Place by Reade, Charles

"This is queerish; I'd give a trifle to know what it does mean; it might be worth one's while to inquire."

From A Woman Perfected by Marsh, Richard

My head is very queerish, and indisposed for much company; but we will get Hood, that half Hogarth, to meet you.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary

I shouldn’t think of offering you such a paltry trifle; but just now my affairs are a little queerish.

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne