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queer as a coot

queer as a coot adjective: ostentatiously homosexual.

Adjective

queer as a coot (not comparable)

  1. (UK, informal, simile) Ostentatiously homosexual.
  2. (UK, informal, simile) Someone considered very strange.

Synonyms of queer as a coot

Questions about queer as a coot

What does queer as a coot mean?
Queer as a coot means ostentatiously homosexual.
What part of speech is queer as a coot?
Queer as a coot is an adjective.

Words near queer as a coot in the dictionary

  1. queer
  2. queer anarchism
  3. queer anarchist
  4. queer anarchists
  5. queer as a clockwork orange
  6. queer as a coot
  7. queer as a nine bob note
  8. queer as a three dollar bill
  9. queer as a three-dollar bill
  10. queer as Dick's hatband
  11. queer baiting

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