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QUACKING CHEAT. A duck.
QUAG. Unsafe; not reliable; not to be trusted.
QUAIL. An old maid.
QUAIL-PIPE. A woman's tongue.
QUAKING-CHEAT. A calf or a sheep.
QUANDARY. What shall I do.
QUARREL-PICKER. A glazier.
QUARROON. A body.
QUARTERED. To receive a part of the profits.
QUASH. To kill; the end of; no more.
QUEAN. A slut; a worthless woman.
QUEEN DICK. Never. "It happened in the reign of Queen Dick," it never occurred; has never been.
QUEEN STREET. "The joskin lives in Queen Street," the fool is governed entirely by his wife.
QUEER. Counterfeit bank bills; base; roguish; worthless.
QUEER. To puzzle. "The cove queered the full bottom," the fellow puzzled the judge. "The bloke queered his ogles among the bruisers," he had his eyes blacked by the pugilists.
QUEER BIRDS. Reformed convicts who return to their old profession.
QUEER BLUFFER. The keeper of a rum-shop that is the resort of the worst kind of rogues, and who assists them in various ways.
QUEER BURY. An empty purse.
QUEER COLE FENCER. A passer of bad money.
QUEER COLE MAKER. One who makes bad money.
QUEER PRANCER. A bad horse.
QUEER ROOSTER. A fellow that lodges among thieves to hear what they have to say, and then imparts his information to officers for a consideration.
QUES. Points.
QUIDS. Cash; five dollars. "The swell tipped the mace cove fifty quids for the prad," the gentleman gave fifty dollars for the horse.
QUINSEY. Choaked. "Quinsey the bloke while I frisk his sacks," choke the fellow while I pick his pockets.
QUOD. Prison.
QUOTA. Share. "Tip me my quota," give me my share.