bent as a nine-bob note
English
editEtymology
editIn pre-decimal English money, a nine-bob (nine-shilling) note would obviously be fraudulent, since there was no such denomination.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
edit- (simile, UK, slang) Extremely dishonest or criminally-minded.
- (simile, UK, slang) Ostentatiously homosexual.
- Synonym: queer as a coot