English Explanatory Dictionary

queer as a clockwork orange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Strange, odd, unusual.
  2. Unusually camp, unusually homosexual.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

queer as a clockwork orange

Etymology

Cockney phrase from East London indicating something bizarre internally, but appearing natural and normal on the surface. Author Anthony Burgess appropriated the phrase for the title of his novella A Clockwork Orange.

Synonyms

queer as a coot queer as a nine bob note queer as a three dollar bill
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