queer as Dick's hatband
English
Etymology
A variant (the earliest attested and formerly most common) of the phrase Dick's hatband
Adjective
queer as Dick's hatband (not comparable)
- (colloquial, dated, possibly offensive) Very queer: very unusual or strange.
- 1742, James Ayres, Sancho at Court, Act III, line 44:
- A young Lady, the first or second Day of her Marriage, looks as queer as Dick's Hat-Band.
- 1742, James Ayres, Sancho at Court, Act III, line 44:
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References
- “hatband, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2017.