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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as quarry.

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Examples

  • I bake for one and a quarer hours at 140C, like Antonia, and always leave overnight with the door ajar to cool.

    mixed berry pavlova | smitten kitchen 2007

  • Ballyards, and responsible people went about saying that he had always been "quare" and was getting "quarer."

    The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

  • Ne vous amusez pas a vous quarer comme vn Paon, regarder superbement autour de vous, si vous estes bien mis, & bien chausse, si vos hauts-dechausses & vos autres habits vous sont bienfaits.

    George Washington's Rules of Civility Conway, M D 1890

  • "Faix, then, there may be plinty quarer in it, we niver heard tell of, if that was all," said Felix.

    Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887

  • Mrs. Con Ryan remarked, "a quarer great gawk than he did on dry lan '."

    Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887

  • Wal, now, I should tink it hed, an 'hit' ccurs ter me now dat it's growin 'quarer an' quarer ebbery day.

    Bricks without Straw A Novel 1880

  • Wal, now, I should tink it hed, an 'hit' ccurs ter me now dat it's growin 'quarer an' quarer ebbery day.

    Bricks Without Straw Albion Winegar Tourg��e 1871

  • Nokia said it expects Q1 non-IFRS operating margin for its devices and services business to be about break-even, down from 4.9% in the fourth quarer.

    Forbes.com: News Eric Savitz 2012

  • The company said the lower revenue reflects a reduction in customer inventories, as well as weaker-than-expected end-user storage demand, which it said was down slightly from the previous quarer.

    Forbes.com: News Eric Savitz 2011

  • The company said the lower revenue reflects a reduction in customer inventories, as well as weaker-than-expected end-user storage demand, which it said was down slightly from the previous quarer.

    unknown title 2011

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