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Queer
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Counterfeit money. [Slang] To shove the queer, to put counterfeit money in circulation. [Slang]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act. " A queer look." W. Irving.
2. Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction. [Colloq.]