Definition of "unco" []

• So unusual as to be surprising; uncanny. (adjective)
• An unusual or amazing person. (noun)
• A stranger. (noun)
• News. (noun)
• To an excessive degree; remarkably. (adverb)

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• "There scores on scores of things, many of them unco, that is uncouth, the first meaning of which is unknown, to his eyes, stood huddled together in the dim light."
• "N.B. Toddy cheap an 'unco' gude if 'tis his ain mackin."
• "Makes us all either schizo or pathetic unco-operative ego junkies!"