Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete, slang)A wretch; an idle person.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: quisbies
Singularquisby
Pluralquisbies

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quipC1quirkC1quirkyC1quitB2quiteA2

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