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quare /kwɛː /
adjective
1 Irish form of queer (sense 1 of the adjective):
you've done some quare things yourself in your time.
2 Northern Irish English informal remarkable; excellent:
he has a quare voice on him.
notably large in size, amount, or extent:
that's a quare lot of money.
– PHRASES
quare and Northern Irish English informal
very; extremely:
it'll be quare and awkward for us all.
– ORIGIN early 19th century: representing an Irish pronunciation of queer.
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