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Que vs Gue - What's the difference?

que | gue |

In obsolete terms the difference between que and gue

is that que is a former British unit of currency worth one-half of a farthing, thus one-eighth of an old penny; a farthing; a small amount of money while gue is a sharper; a rogue.

As a proper noun Que

is abbreviation of Querétaro|lang=en, a state of Mexico.

que

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rfv-sense) (lb) A former British unit of currency worth one-half of a farthing, thus one-eighth of an old penny; (lb) a farthing; a small amount of money.
  • * 1594 , John Lyly, Mother Bombie :
    • Rather praie there bee no fall of monie, for thou wilt then go for a que .
  • * 1887 , William Dunn Macray, editor, , Glossary, page 160:
    • Qu or Que, a farthing; a farthing's-worth, 39.434; 139. 1838
  • (rfv-sense)
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  • * 2012 , MW Fletcher, Project Reaper: A Max Storm novel , Andrews UK Limited (ISBN 9781782343004)
    • Max had a snooker-que in his right hand and was using it to point to detail on the diagram.
  • (rfv-sense) (dialect) cow (Halliwell )
  • *1889-1904 , (The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language) ,, p.4902
  • * 2009 December 25, Nick Cramer, in My "homemade" Italian meatball recipe - for Nick and Meir'', in soc.culture.jewish.moderated, ''Usenet :
    • Then about 1950 two German brothers who had a meat market began cooking BBQ in their market to use up left over meat. One got the idea to smoke a brisket as he was smoking sausage one weekend. He left it all weekend in his smokehouse and on Monday as they were serving their que , pork, sausage & chicken, he cut a slice
  • * 2010 September 22, Nanzi (username), in Re: Yoy guys are killing this group'', in alt.food.barbecue, ''Usenet :
    • Instead please join in the sharing of que methods and recipes, or questions.
  • * 2011 , Kathy Reichs, Spider Bones: A Novel (ISBN 145164194X), page 57
    • The back route I favor involves a long stretch on Highway 74 and brings me close enough to Lumberton for a barbeque detour. That was my target today. Being already in Lumberton, it only made sense to score some “que .”
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    gue

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain, perhaps representing Old Norse .

    Alternative forms

    * gju * gu

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Shetland) A kind of fiddle or violin played on the Shetland Islands.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A sharper; a rogue.
    • (Webster 1913) ----