Wrong. Improper. Contrary to one’s wish. It is queer street, a cant phrase, to signify that it is wrong or different to our wish.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
queer rooster * quitamNathan Bailey's 1721 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes