"a curious hybrid accent" "her speech has a funny twang" "they have some funny ideas about war" "had an odd name" "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves" "something definitely queer about this town" "what a rum fellow" "singular behavior"
"the particular demands of the job" "has a particular preference for Chinese art" "a peculiar bond of sympathy between them" "an expression peculiar to Canadians" "rights peculiar to the rich" "the special features of a computer" "my own special chair"
"a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats" "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"
"the peculiar character of the Government of the U.S."