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"That was a quare business," he observed, using the word quare as an equivocal one, until he should see what views of the circumstance his master might take; "a quare business, sir, that happened to Mr. Reilly."

Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

There'll be a hole in the breeks of the other that'll tak a quare width of cloth to make a patch for it.

The Northern Iron George A. Birmingham 1907

My initial reaction to "quare" is decidedly negative.

Archive 2006-01-01 Ron Buckmire 2006

My initial reaction to "quare" is decidedly negative.

Are You Quare? Ron Buckmire 2006

Rod 2.0 informs his readers of a new anthology devoted to Black Queer Studies where the neologism "quare" is posited as a replacement for the "queer" construct.

Are You Quare? Ron Buckmire 2006

Rod 2.0 informs his readers of a new anthology devoted to Black Queer Studies where the neologism "quare" is posited as a replacement for the "queer" construct.

Archive 2006-01-01 Ron Buckmire 2006

Do you recollect the ould First and Frederick, and do you know that we are but two miles and short ones at that from the blissed ould white-washed barracks, full of all kind of quare guns and canteens looking like barrels cut down; and the Parade Ground where our ould

Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac William H. Armstrong

Ballyards, and responsible people went about saying that he had always been "quare" and was getting "quarer."

The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

John knew that his Uncle William and his mother shared the common belief that Uncle Matthew was "quare," but, although he had often thought about the matter, he could not understand why people held this opinion.

The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

What a crowd of people, and how "quare" the talk sounded!

The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911 Various 1899