Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Inglese term or phrase:
a queer card
Italiano translation:
un tipo eccentrico | strambo
Added to glossary by
Mirko Mainardi
Feb 25, 2017 08:40
7 yrs ago
Inglese term
Italia
Native in: Italiano
Works in: Italiano, Da Inglese a Italiano, Da Tedesco a Italiano, and 2 more.
a queer card
Da Inglese a Italiano
Arte/Letteratura
Poesia e Prosa
romanzo
he was a queer card
Proposed translations
(Italiano)
| 3 +7 | un tipo eccentrico (/strambo) |
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Change log
Mar 11, 2017 08:00: Mirko Mainardi Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Italia
Italia
Native in Italiano
Italia
Games, Apps, Website and SW localization
Native in: Italiano 
Works in: Da Inglese a Italiano
Related KudoZ points
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un tipo eccentrico (/strambo)
A seconda del tono generale del testo (più o meno "alto"), potresti anche usare "strambo".
an odd, eccentric person.
1864 Hotten Sl. Dict. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars and Burtons (1870) 81: You're a queer card to venture within a mile of a police-station. 1877 in Punch 13 Oct. 161/1: A meeting for the Abolition of Trial by Jury was held on Monday evening […] Mr. Spouter, Q.C. (Queer Card) occupying the Chair.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199829...
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Note added at 25 mins (2017-02-25 09:06:31 GMT)
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P.S. In una traduzione del libro già pubblicata è stato usato proprio "un tipo strambo" - http://goo.gl/hI4gcJ
an odd, eccentric person.
1864 Hotten Sl. Dict. 1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars and Burtons (1870) 81: You're a queer card to venture within a mile of a police-station. 1877 in Punch 13 Oct. 161/1: A meeting for the Abolition of Trial by Jury was held on Monday evening […] Mr. Spouter, Q.C. (Queer Card) occupying the Chair.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199829...
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Note added at 25 mins (2017-02-25 09:06:31 GMT)
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P.S. In una traduzione del libro già pubblicata è stato usato proprio "un tipo strambo" - http://goo.gl/hI4gcJ
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