English Explanatory Dictionary

busy as a dyke in a hardware store

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase

Extremely busy.

Word forms

busy as a dyke in a hardware store

Etymology

Presumably reveling in the stereotype of a lesbian as being a butch who is into stereotypically manly interests.

Synonyms

busy as a one-armed paperhanger busy as a beaver busy as a bee

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