What is the meaning of QUEER AS-A-NINE-BOB-NOTE. Phrases containing QUEER AS-A-NINE-BOB-NOTE
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to puzzle (“Tom said such a queer thing to meâ€)
Phrs. 1. Homosexual. See 'bent'. 2. Crooked, dishonest. A catch-phrase whose original meaning was version 2, but with the onset of 'bent' referring to homosexually has come to be heard more with regard to version 1. In British currency, a bob was a slang expression for a shilling (five pence) but with decimalization in 1971 became obsolete.There was never any such thing as a nine bob note, hence the simile. Cf. 'queer as a nine bob note' and 'camp as a row of tents'.
Bob was English slang for a shilling.
Gob job is British slang for oral sex.
n 1. Short for drag queen; a transvestite. 2. Used as a disparaging term for a homosexual man.
Phrs. A modern variation on 'bent as a nine bob note', see above.
Noun. A prim and snooty gay male. Can mean the same as 'pissy queen'. Cf. 'dizzy queen', 'scat queen', 'curry queen' etc.
Queer screen is slang for a forged banknote.
Nine is Australian slang for a −gallon beer keg. Nine is American slang for a mm calibre pistol.
Noun. Used figuratively, a troublesome situation. E.g."Ever since the dad lost his job we've been in queer street."
Phrs. 1. Very odd, unusual. 2. Undoubtedly homosexual. Cf. 'bent as a nine bob note'.
Queer is slang for a homosexual.
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superl.
Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
a.
At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act.
v. i.
To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.
n.
A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
a.
Eight and one more; one less than ten; as, nine miles.
superl.
Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
v. i.
To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
v. t.
To cover the inner surface of; as, to line a cloak with silk or fur; to line a box with paper or tin.
n.
To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob.
n.
Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail.
n.
A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
n.
A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.
a.
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
n.
To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
v. i.
To act the part of a queen.
a.
Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction.
superl.
Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
n.
A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
n.
A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
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