"quandary" Definition

  1. described in the dictionaries as a “low word,” may fittingly be given here. It illustrates, like “hocus-pocus,” and other compound colloquialisms, the singular origin of slang expressions. QUANDARY, a dilemma, a doubt, a difficulty, is from the French, QU’EN DIRAI-JE?—_Skinner._

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Position in the dictionary: 2744 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: quartereen, quaver, quean, queen bess, queen’s tobacco-pipe, queer, queer bail, queer cuffen, queer-bit-makers, queer-soft
Previous words in the dictionary: quality, quaker, quad., p’s and q’s, pyjands, pygostole, pyah, puttun, putter up, put upon

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