queer fish
/ˈkwiːɹˌfɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He’s known amongst us as the Arab. I’ve had my eye on him ever since he came to the place. A queer fish he is. I always have said that he’s up to some game or other."
- "To these people, native and European, he was a queer fish, but they were used to queer fish, and they took him for granted; the world was full of odd persons, who did odd things; and perhaps they knew that a man is not what he wants to be, but what he must be."
- "Harry is a queer fish indeed. He is suspicious of everybody and everything."
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈkwiːɹˌfɪʃ/