Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

queer as dick's hatband

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables
queer as dick-'s hat-band
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very queer: very unusual or strange.

Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

Etymology

A variant (the earliest attested and formerly most common) of the phrase Dick's hatband

Usage

Phrases

as queer as Dick's hatband

Synonyms

strange

Questions

What does queer as dick's hatband mean?
Very queer: very unusual or strange.
Where does queer as dick's hatband come from?
A variant (the earliest attested and formerly most common) of the phrase Dick's hatband

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