Queer-roost. To doss (or sleep) ON THE QUEER-ROOST, verb. phr. (old).—To live as man and wife; to live TALLY (q.v.); TO DAB {q.v.) IT UP.
1800. Parker, Life's Painter, 120. We dorsed some time upon the queer roost.
Queint. See Quaint.
Queme. See Quim.
Quencher, subs. (common).—A
drink; a GO (q.v.). Also
MODEST QUENCHER.
1840. Dickens, Old Curiosity Shop, xxxv. A MODEST QUENCHER.
1856. Hughes, Tom Brown's School-Days, 1. i. We must really take a modest quencher, for the down air is provocative of thirst.
1888. Sporting Life, 7 Dec. Oh! the L.A.C. are jovial souls, They quaff the MODEST QUENCHER.
1901. Nisbet, Hermes, 62. Come below and have a quencher.
Querier, subs. (old).—See quot.
1851. Mayhew, Lond. Lab., ii. 405. The "Gumblers" or queriers, that is to say, those [chimney-sweepers] who solicit custom in an irregular manner, by knocking at the doors of houses and such like.
Question. To question a
HORSE, verb. phr. (racing).—To
test a horse before a race.
1890. Lic. Vict. Gaz., 7 Nov. He is a thorough judge of horses, knows what work they want, and is not afraid of ASKING THEM A QUESTION, like some trainers we know of.
See Pop.
Queynte. See Quaint.
Qui. To GET THE qui, verb. phr.
(printers').—To be dismissed; to
get a quietus.
Quibble. See Quip.
Quick. Quick and Nimble,
more like a bear than a
Squirrel, phr. (old).—A jeer on
leisurely movement.—Grose
(1823).
See Sticks and Trigger.
Quickening-peg, subs. phr.
(venery).—The penis: also
quickener: see Prick.
1653. Urquhart, Rabelais, 111. Prol. In the name of . . . the four hips that engendered you, and to the quickening peg which at that time conjoined them.
Quicunque vult. See Athanasian
Wench.
Quid, subs. (common).—1. A
sovereign; 20/-: formerly a
guinea. Also, in pl., generic for
money: see Rhino.—B. E.
(c.1696); Grose (1785); Parker
(1789); Vaux (1819). Fr.
de quoi and quibus.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib's Memorial, 27. If quids should be wanting, to make the match good.
1834. Ainsworth, Rookwood, 111. ix. Zoroaster took long odds that the match was off; offering a bean to half a QUID.
1857. Dickens, All Year Round. 'Take yer two quid to one,' adds the speaker, picking out a stout farmer.
1870. Hazlewood and Williams, Leave it to Me, i. Sarah, I'm going to be rich, I shall have money—lots of money—QUIDS, QUIDS, QUIDS!
1883. Pall Mall Gas., 27 Ap., 4, 2. £4 13s. is announced in the plate, amid cheers and exhortations to "make it up to five quid."
1900. White, West End, 17. 'I say, Rupert, could you lend me a couple of quid?
2. (common).—See quot. 1748: as verb. = to chew.—Grose (1785).
