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Queenie

name, noun, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from English.

    "George sat down. Queenie got up. 'Could I have some money to buy a birthday present for somebody?' she asked."

Noun
  1. 1
    An effeminate man; a male homosexual (especially as a term of address). colloquial

    "He looks like Eddie Izzard gone too far and sounds a little like Rod Steiger's queenie turn in No Way to Treat a Lady."

  2. 2
    The queen scallop. UK

    "There are no closed seasons for queenies or restrictions on fishing time or catches."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From queen + -ie.

Etymology 2

From queen + -ie. Piecewise doublet of queanie.

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