English Explanatory Dictionary

bent as a nine-bob note

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Extremely dishonest or criminally-minded.
  2. Ostentatiously homosexual.

Pronunciation

En-au-bent as a nine-bob note.ogg

Word forms

bent as a nine-bob note

Etymology

In pre-decimal English money, a nine-bob (nine-shilling) note would obviously be fraudulent, since there was no such denomination.

Synonyms

bent as a butcher's hook queer as a coot

Related words

phony as a three-dollar bill
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