ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUEAN
Old English cwene; related to Old Saxon, Old High German quena, Gothic qino, Old Norse kona, Greek gunē woman. Compare queen.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUEAN»
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Buckler the hare, Blademaster of the Long Patrol, must save the youngsters of Redwall Abbey-kidnapped by the vile Vilaya the Sable Quean-and stop the villain's conquest of Mossflower Wood.
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Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, ...
It was his makeup that most obviously distinguished the quean from “normal”
men—that rendered his difference most visible. Common phrases like “painted
boys” or “men of the powder and paint calibre” suggest the importance invested
in the ...
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Why Horace?: A Collection of Interpretations
A. QUEAN,. A. QKEA1. QUEENJ. CLE0PA1RA. and. ins. panics. oF.
wsmmewAWN. The Battle of Actium in September, 31 B.C. was a turning point in
Roman history: it brought defeat to the efforts of Antony to use the forces of the
East and win ...
William Scovil Anderson, 1999
But syne it came with a bit shock to the schoolmistress that Christine hadn't seen
her after all; the quean was holding up the brae slantwise away now, climbing
fast with the long loon's limbs of her and with nothing against the blast but some ...
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A Gaelic Dictionary: In Two Parts I. Guelic and English. - ...
Gloich, s. m. and f. A stupid person ; a quean ; an idiot. Gloichd, s.m. and/. A
stupid quean ; an idiot; a slattern ; a fool. Tha thu ad shean ghloichd le h-aois,
age has made an old fool of you. — Turn. Gloichdealachd, *. f. (gloichd-
amhuileachd.) ...
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
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Collins master street atlas London
Rd. SW18 104 DA85 Lthd. Quean's Gate SW7 90 DC76 Queansborough Ms. W2
76 DC73 Quilter St. SE18 95 ET78 Putney Common SW15 89 CW83 Upper
Fairfield Rd. Quean's Gate Gdns. SW7 90 DC76 Porchester Ter. Speranza St.
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Merchant Vessels of the United States...: (including Yachts).
... Sea Quarter, Ninter Quattroclochl, Peter Quednau, Cecil Quednau, The George
Quean, Abaco Queen, African Queen, Alaska Quean, American Queen, Aqua
Queen, Bahama Queen, Beach Quean, Blmlnl Quean, Bora Queen, Bronx Queen
, ...
United States. Coast Guard, United States. Bureau of Customs, United States. Dept. of Commerce. Bureau of Navigation, 1958
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A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare
Can we imagine that a nurse would take so great a liberty with her master as to
call him a cot-quean, and order him to bed? Besides, what business has the
Nurse to reply to a speech addressed to her mistress? Lady Capulet afterwards
calls ...
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 1871
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Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History : the Biography
Most scandalous was his reference to the short, slight, big-eared, high-pitched
Minister for Primary Industry, William McMahon, as a 'quean'.100 After checking
the correct spelling with Hansard he returned to the House to apologise but the ...
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1981-1985 supplement to Crime fiction, 1749-1980
M. Tripp Quean Bee. E. Lee •Quees in Dan9er. S. Rsttray •Quean of Blackmailera
. M. O. Rolfe Quean of Spades. J. C. Griffitha Quean of Spades. M. M. Handeraon
•Quean of the Black Hand. M. C. Davidson Quean of the Ni9ht Clubs.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUEAN»
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quean is used in the context of the following news items.
University offers for magnificent seven
... university offers include Becky Leng, who is aiming to read mathematics at UCL, James Quean, who has an offer to study economics at East Anglia University, ... «Doncaster Today, Mar 15»
UNI's Cabell has grown on and off the mat
Iowa State University's Quean Smith and UNI's Blaize Cabell roll to the ground in the 285-pound match Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, during their dual meet at Hilton ... «KCRG, Mar 15»
Iowa State seniors go out in style with win at Hilton
Jackson didn't seem sure about the status of Iowa State heavyweight Quean Smith, who missed Sunday's dual with an undisclosed injury. "It's a question mark ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Feb 15»
NCAA Wrestling: Iowa State 29, West Virginia 7
Vizcarrondo shifted the momentum for the Mountaineers with a 5-4 decision over Quean Smith at heavyweight. Smith took a 2-1 lead with a takedown in the first, ... «WDTV, Feb 15»
Iowa State wrestling team falls to Oklahoma State again
Iowa State heavyweight Quean Smith had a chance to give the Cyclones the win when he took to the mat against fourth-ranked Austin Marsden. But, Smith, who ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jan 15»
Kyven Gadson suffers first loss on tough ISU Scuffle day
Heavyweight Quean Smith won his first match, but fell to Missouri's Devin Mellon in the second round. All-American 165-pounder Mike Moreno (14-1) and ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jan 15»
Three Advance to Quarterfinals
Brendan Walsh (Duke), 5-2; lost to Quean Smith (Iowa State), 12-4; fall Jacob Aiken-Phillips (Cornell), 2:13; dec. Colynn Cook (Navy), 5-1 (SV). #gostanford. «Stanford Athletics Official Site, Jan 15»
Lots to take away after rivalry dual
Telford pinned Quean Smith in 5:36. To be fair, part of that low bonus-point total was due to how Iowa State wrestled the meet — it had three different wrestlers ... «UI The Daily Iowan, Dec 14»
Iowa State falls to Iowa in Cy-Hawk dual 28-8
... deducted from the ISU total for taunting. The final match of the evening saw No. 3 Bobby Telford defeat Quean Smith by pin to seal the win for the Hawkeyes. «Iowa State Daily, Nov 14»
PHOTOS: OG 19th Century Drag Queens Show Today's Queens …
According to some sources, the exact origin of the term “drag queen” is unclear, but it could derive from Elizabethan slang (quean referring to a strumpet), or from ... «Queerty, Nov 14»
