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quare

/ °ì·Éɛə /

adjective

  1. remarkable or strange

    a quare fellow

  2. great or good

    you're in a quare mess

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of quare1

probably variant of queer
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My gog, but it’ll be a quare scowderment at the Day of Judgment when they come tumblin’ up in their death-sarks, all jouped together an’ tryin’ to drag their tombsteans with them to prove how good they was; some of them trimmlin’ and ditherin’, with their hands that dozzened an’ slippy from lyin’ in the sea that they can’t even keep their grup o’ them.â€

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In a similar spirit, “Quare Dance,†a project she plans to develop further, embraces all the layers of her identity.

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The main setting is a female prison inspired by “The Auld Triangle,†the song from Brendan Behan’s play “The Quare Fellow,†most recently re-popularized by the film “Inside Llewyn Davis.â€

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In fact, average B-class office space surpasses its Silicon Valley counterpart, which rents for under $46 pers quare foot.

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"Probable quare" still makes me laugh.

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