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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

"No; but it's kinder queerish the way you fell."

From The Frontier Angel A Romance of Kentucky Rangers' Life by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

It was enough to make any one feel queerish.

From The Mountain Divide by Both, Armand

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

"That chap upstairs seems rather queerish," George had said to his brother, after finding Tom lower and weaker than usual.

From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)