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quare feller, dethe stranger
Quarry(obsolete)pub toilet, usually an open pit
Queen, working for the(dockers)to be drawing unemployment benefits
queen cakea small currant cake, usually heart-shaped.
Queen o' ther middena conceited woman. A midden is a dung hill.
queeniean effeminate male
Queen o' ther wash-housean authoritative gossip, scandal monger. Sometimes this person is referred to ironically as "a Kitty Wilkinson," in tribute to the Liverpool woman who founded the public wash houses.
an authoritative gossip, scandal monger. Sometimes this person is referred to ironically as "a Kitty Wilkinson," in tribute to the Liverpool woman who founded the public wash houses.
Link to this entryQueerEe's as queer as a nine-bob note, i.e, he buys his clothes in Carnaby Street. This is a contemptuous reference to a male homosexual. However, these days to say of someone that he or she is "queer as a coot" would mean only that he or she is eccentric.
Ee's as queer as a nine-bob note, i.e, he buys his clothes in Carnaby Street. This is a contemptuous reference to a male homosexual. However, these days to say of someone that he or she is "queer as a coot" would mean only that he or she is eccentric.
Queer (or quare) feller, thethe person whose name I don't know, what's-his-name. Sometimes it is another word for stranger.
the person whose name I don't know, what's-his-name. Sometimes it is another word for stranger.
Link to this entryQueer Street, to be onto be hard up, in a lot of trouble. To end up on queer street meant to go bankrupt.
to be hard up, in a lot of trouble. To end up on queer street meant to go bankrupt.
Link to this entryQueer fellaconstable, policeman
Quick Soldierschildren's jump rope game. The rope would extend from one side of the street to the other, when this was played.
children's jump rope game. The rope would extend from one side of the street to the other, when this was played.
quick sticks, inpromptly, soon
Quiltterm of contempt for someone. A man who acts like an old lady might be called an "owl quilt."
term of contempt for someone. A man who acts like an old lady might be called an "owl quilt."
Link to this entryQuimvagina. Minard writes that this is a corruption of "quoniam," a word for female genitals which goes back to the Middle Ages. Chaucer's Wife of Bath uses the term.
vagina. Minard writes that this is a corruption of "quoniam," a word for female genitals which goes back to the Middle Ages. Chaucer's Wife of Bath uses the term.
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