noun
Usage: usually capitalized Q&S
: an embarrassing situation or condition ; especially : a condition marked by financial difficulties
those commitments will put us in Queer Street next year — John Galsworthy
noun
Usage: usually capitalized Q&S
: an embarrassing situation or condition ; especially : a condition marked by financial difficulties
those commitments will put us in Queer Street next year — John Galsworthy
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012