Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

queer as a clockwork orange

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: queer as a -clock-work o-r-ange
IPA

48

Scrabble Score

23

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Strange, odd, unusual.

adj

Unusually camp, unusually homosexual.

Example Sentences

"He sauntered the flunkied restaurant, queer / As a clockwork orange and not scared. / God, I was grateful for the nights we shared."

Etymology

Cockney phrase from East London indicating something bizarre internally, but appearing natural and normal on the surface. Author Anthony Burgess appropriated the phrase for the title of his novella A Clockwork Orange.

Synonyms

queer as a coot queer as a nine bob note queer as a three dollar bill

Questions

What does queer as a clockwork orange mean?: Strange, odd, unusual.
Where does queer as a clockwork orange come from?: Cockney phrase from East London indicating something bizarre internally, but appearing natural and normal on the surface. Author Anthony Burgess appropriated the phrase for the title of his novella A Clockwork Orange.

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