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▪ I. quisby, n. slang.|ˈkwɪzbɪ|
[Of obscure formation.]
An idler. doing quisby, not working.
1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 155 He eyes the twaddler who'd enjoin a halt,..Hating..a stop by such a quisby. 1851Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 219 One morning, when we had been doing ‘quisby’, that is, stopping idle.
▪ II. quisby, a. slang.|ˈkwɪzbɪ|
Also quizby.
[cf. prec.]
Queer, not quite right; bankrupt.
1807H. Tufts Narrative iii. iv. 316 Quisby cove, a mean fellow. 1846Swell's Night Guide 129/1 Quizby, bad. 1848Ladies' Repository (U.S.) Oct. 316/2 Quisby, ragged; dirty; suspicious. 1853Househ. Words VIII. 75/2 To say that a man is without money, or in poverty, some persons remark that he is..quisby, done up. 1854Tait's Mag. XXI. 532 Larson is not so well as he should be—rather quisby about the throat. 1892Punch 12 Mar. 123/1 He's a-looking queer and quisby. 1897A. St. J. Adcock East End Idylls iv. 69 'Ow's the missus?.. An' the kid? Bin quisby, ain't 'e? |