queer as Dick's hatband
(Redirected from as queer as Dick's hatband)
English
editEtymology
editA variant (the earliest attested and formerly most common) of the phrase Dick's hatband
Adjective
editqueer as Dick's hatband (not comparable)
- (colloquial, dated, possibly offensive) Very queer: very unusual or strange.
- 1742, James Ayres, Sancho at Court, act III, line 44:
- A young Lady, the first or second Day of her Marriage, looks as queer as Dick's Hat-Band.
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editReferences
edit- “hatband, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2017.