The moment the idea of the play-scene presented itself to the author's mind, it became absolutely unthinkable that he should, to put it vulgarly, "queer the pitch" for the Players by showing us the real facts of which their performance was to be the counterfeit presentment.

"Queer the people here don't shut their door," remarked Betty.

"They'd queer kind of sights, I have heard Grandma' say, About in their streets; for, if not every day, At least it was nothing uncommon, To see them pile on the poor back of one horse A saddle and pillion; and what was still worse, Up mounted a man and a woman!

But you've queered our man, and he can't face such a battle with a two-inch cut at the back of his head.

But with a great big boy like you taggin' onW'y, say, you'd queer her with them English managers right off.

It was perhaps as queer a tea party as you ever heard of.

This vessel is supposed to be the celebrated hermaphrodite, the Water-Witch, commanded by the notorious 'Skimmer of the Seas,' and the same fellow who gave us so queer a slip, yesterday.

Say, air ye tryin' to queer my story, mar? Do ye set up to know more'n

The big bed in Aunt Jane's old nursery was the biggest and queerest the children had ever seen.

Mary is so extremely well trained, and so accustomed, moreover, to queer visitors at the flat, that I looked up in surprise.

But I stood solemn, and never even drew a smile, for fear of queering Ferguson.