| 词汇 | queer as a three-dollar bill |
| 词源 | queer as a three-dollar bill. Queer has meant counterfeit money since at least 1810, but queer as a three-dollar bill is ob- viously an Americanism, there never having been an American three-dollar bill. The expression dates back to the 1920s and usually means anything strange, unusual, or suspicious, though it can also mean a homosexual. |
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