QUEAN. A slut, or worthless woman, a strumpet.
QUEEN DICK. To the tune of the life and death of Queen Dick. That happened in the reign of Queen Dick; i.e., never.
QUEEN STREET. A mart governed by his wife, is said to
live in Queen street, or at the sign of the Queen's Head.
QUEER, or QUIRE. Base, roguish, bad, naught or worthless.
How queerly the cull touts; how roguishly the fellow
looks. It also means odd, uncommon. CANT.
QUEER AS DICK'S HATBAND. Out of order, without knowing
one's disease.
TO QUEER. To puzzle or confound. I have queered the old full bottom; i.e. I have puzzled the judge. To queer one's ogles among bruisers; to darken one's day lights.
QUEER WEDGES. Large buckles.
QUEER BAIL. Insolvent sharpers, who make a profession of bailing persons arrested: they are generally styled Jew bail, from that branch of business being chiefly carried on by the sons of Judah. The lowest sort of these, who borrow or hire clothes to appear in, are called Mounters, from their mounting particular dresses suitable to the occasion. CANT.
QUEER BIRDS. Rogues relieved from prison, and returned to their old trade.
QUEER BIT-MAKERS. Coiners. CANT.