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quist

British  
/ kwɪst /

noun

  1. dialect a wood pigeon

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Etymology

Origin of quist

of obscure origin

Example Sentences

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Quips Gran quist: "It's like fine tuning a TV with a 3,000-mile-long screwdriver."

From Time Magazine Archive

O. N. kvistr, a twig, O. Dan., quist, Norse, Dan. kvist, Sw. quist, id.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

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