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quisby

noun

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps quiz + -by, or from queer or Queer Street (“difficult circumstances”).

Definitions

  1. A wretch

    A wretch; an idle person.

  2. Mean

    Mean; destitute; strange.

  3. In difficult circumstances

    In difficult circumstances; in trouble.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Drunk

      Drunk; tipsy.

      • "[…] Did you know that my husband came home intoxicated?" Mrs. Brown laughed. "Oh, not so bad as that, surely! Only a little 'screwed.' George was 'quisby,' too. But then its Christmas, you know."

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for quisby. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA