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quaint
adjective
Strange in an interesting or pleasing way
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adjective
Strange in an interesting or pleasing way
“Quaint dialect words”
adjective
Very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
“{'source': 'Bill Beatty', 'text': 'the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name'}”
adjective
Attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
“Houses with quaint thatched roofs”
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Quaint dialect words
Quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities
{'source': 'Bill Beatty', 'text': 'the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name'}
{'source': 'Sir Walter Scott', 'text': 'came forth a quaint and fearful sight'}
A quaint sense of humor
Houses with quaint thatched roofs
A vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots
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