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busy as a dyke in a hardware store

busy as a dyke in a hardware store phrase: extremely busy.

Phrase

busy as a dyke in a hardware store

  1. (derogatory, rare, slang, vulgar, simile) Extremely busy.
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Synonyms of busy as a dyke in a hardware store

Origin of busy as a dyke in a hardware store

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

Questions about busy as a dyke in a hardware store

What does busy as a dyke in a hardware store mean?
Busy as a dyke in a hardware store means extremely busy.
What part of speech is busy as a dyke in a hardware store?
Busy as a dyke in a hardware store is a phrase.

Words near busy as a dyke in a hardware store in the dictionary

  1. Buswells
  2. busy
  3. busy around
  4. busy as a beaver
  5. busy as a bee
  6. busy as a dyke in a hardware store
  7. busy as a nailer
  8. busy as a one-armed paper hanger
  9. busy as a one-armed paperhanger
  10. busy beaver
  11. busy beaver function

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