Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dick's hatband

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: dick-'s hat-band
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used in similes as an intensifier, indicating someone or something is extremely strange, tight, etc.

Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

"A young Lady, the first or second Day of her Marriage, looks as queer as Dick's Hat-Band."
"I am as queer as Dick's hatband; that is, out of spirits, or don't know what ails me."
"She's sharp as a tack when she wants to be and still tight as Dick's Hatband about her money."

Etymology

Unknown; theories include reference to some local figure named Dick or Nick; to Satan (cf. Old Nick and dickens); and to Richard Cromwell.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Nick's hatband (alternative)

Phrases

as fine as Dick's hatband as queer as Dick's hatband as tight as Dick's hatband queer as Dick's hatband tighter than Dick's hatband

Questions

What does dick's hatband mean?: Used in similes as an intensifier, indicating someone or something is extremely strange, tight, etc.
Where does dick's hatband come from?: Unknown; theories include reference to some local figure named Dick or Nick; to Satan (cf. Old Nick and dickens); and to Richard Cromwell.

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