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Something peculiar, extraordinary or incredible; usually used in phrases like queer as Dicks hatband or tight as Dicks hatband.
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Dick's hatband — obsolete an indication of male homosexuality Punning on the crown which the effete Richard Cromwell was unfit to wear in succession to his mighty father, Oliver, and the discoloration: Hello, thinks I, he ain t one of the Dick s… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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dicky — dicky1 (also dickey) noun (plural dickies or dickeys) 1》 informal a false shirt front. 2》 chiefly Brit. a folding outside seat at the back of some early cars. ↘a driver s seat in a carriage. 3》 Indian the boot of a car. Origin C18 (denoting a … English new terms dictionary
dicky — ► ADJECTIVE (dickier, dickiest) Brit. informal ▪ not strong, healthy, or functioning reliably. ORIGIN perhaps from the given name Dick, in the old saying as queer as Dick s hatband … English terms dictionary
dicky — 1. n. (also dickey) (pl. ies or eys) colloq. 1 a false shirt front. 2 (in full dicky bird) a child s word for a little bird. 3 Brit. a driver s seat in a carriage. 4 Brit. an extra folding seat at the back of a vehicle. 5 (in full dicky bow) Brit … Useful english dictionary
brown-hatter — a male homosexual With an implication of buggery: A lot of brown hatters and word merchants... (Sharpe, 1974) Less often as a verb: Harrison s lot are a lot of wankers and Slymne s go in for brown hatting. (Sharpe, 1982) See… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
fishy — (of a male) homosexual Punning on queer3 and the meaning irregular: ... her only husband had been as fishy as Dick s hatband. (Fraser, 1975) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
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