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Webster'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.]

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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