queen dick
To the tune of the life and death of Queen Dick. That happened in the reign of Queen Dick; i.e., never.
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queen of beasts
Lioness, symbolizing power and strength
Queen Regnant
A queen who holds the crown in her own right, in contradistinction to a Queen Consort.
queen street
A mart governed by his wife, is said to live in Queen street, or at the sign of the Queen's Head.
Queen's Bench
Bancus Commmris, the bench of Common Pleas. Bandana or Bandanna (ban dan' a) . An Indian word (bandhnu, a mode of dyeing) now usually restricted to handkerchiefs of either silk or cotton having a dark ground of Turkey red or blue, with white or yellow spots. Bandbox, He looks as if he were just out of a.
Queen's Day
November 17th, the day of the accession of Queen Elizabeth I, first publicly celebrated in 1570, and for over three centuries kept as a holiday in Government offices and at Westminster School.
queen's ware
Glazed Wedgwood earthen- ware of a creamy colour.
queen's weather
A fine day for a fete; so called because Queen Victoria was, for the most part, fortunate in having fine weather when she appeared in public.
queen’s tobacco-pipe
The kiln in which all contraband tobacco seized by the Custom-house officers is burned.
queer
An old cant word, once in continual use as a prefix, signifying base, roguish, or worthless,—the opposite of RUM, which signified good and genuine. QUEER, in all probability, is immediately derived from the cant language.
queer as dick's hatband
Out of order, without knowing one's disease.
queer bail
Insolvent sharpers, who make a profession of bailing persons arrested: they are generally styled Jew bail, from that branch of business being chiefly carried on by the sons of Judah. The lowest sort of these, who borrow or hire clothes to appear in, are called Mounters, from their mounting particular dresses suitable to the occasion. CANT.
queer bashing
violence or harassment against someone because of their sexual orientation
queer birds
Rogues relieved from prison, and returned to their old trade.
queer bitch
An odd, out-of-the-way fellow.
queer bluffer
The master of a public-house the resort of rogues and sharpers, a cut-throat inn or alehouse keeper.
queer checkers
Among strolling players, door-keepers who defraud the company, by falsely checking the number of people in the house.
queer cole fencer
A putter off, or utterer, of bad money.
queer cole maker
A maker of bad money.
queer cuffen
A justice of the peace, or magistrate,—a very ancient term, mentioned in the earliest slang dictionary. In this sense, as well as in that of the verb just given, the term is evidently derived from quæro, to inquire, to question. Quiz and quis? have also an undoubted connexion.
queer cuffin
A justice of the peace; also a churl.
queer degen
An ordinary sword, brass or iron hilted.
queer fish
A strange or eccentric person
queer kicks
A bad pair of breeches.
queer mort
A diseased strumpet. CANT.
queer nab
A felt hat, or other bad hat.
queer plungers
Cheats who throw themselves into the water, in order that they may be taken up by their accomplices, who carry them to one of the houses appointed by the Humane Society for the recovery of drowned persons, where they are rewarded by the society with a guinea each; and the supposed drowned persons, pretending he was driven to that extremity by great necessity, also frequently sent away with a contribution in his pocket.
queer prancer
A bad, worn-out, foundered horse; also a cowardly or faint-hearted horse-stealer.
queer rooster
An informer that pretends to be sleeping, and thereby overhears the conversation of thieves in night cellars.
queer someone's pitch
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or efforts
Queer Street
In a difficult or precarious financial situation
queer-street
"in QUEER STREET," in difficulty or in want.
quelle surprise
an expression of irony or sarcasm at an unsurprising event
querier
A chimney-sweep who calls from house to house soliciting employment,—formerly termed KNULLER, which see.
questions and commands
An old Christmas game, in which the ''commander" bids one of his subjects to answer a question Which is asked. If he refuses, or fails to satisfy the com- mander, he must pay a forfeit or have his face smutted.
quey calves are dear veal
An old proverb, somewhat analogous to "killing the goose which lays the golden eggs." Female calves should be kept and reared for cows.
qui-hi
An English resident at Calcutta.—Anglo-Indian.
qui-tam
A solicitor. He who, i.e., "he who, as much for himself as for the King," seeks a conviction, the penalty for which goes half to the informer and half to the Crown. The term would, therefore, with greater propriety, be applied to a spy than to a solicitor.
quick and dirty
done rapidly and roughly, prioritizing speed over quality
quick and nimble
More like a bear than a squirrel. Jeeringly said to any one moving sluggishly on a business or errand that requires dispatch.
quick as a flash
Very fast.
quick as lightning
Extremely fast or quick
quick as thought
Very quick.
Quick at meat, quick at work. (Strauss, 1994 p. 1150)
Those who eat quickly will also work quickly
quick buck
Money earned quickly and easily, often in a dishonest way
quick off the mark
Reacting or responding rapidly to a situation
quick on one's feet
Able to think and react quickly in a situation
quick on the draw
Able to react or respond rapidly
quick on the uptake
Able to understand or learn things quickly
quick read
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
quick sticks
In a hurry, rapidly; "to cut QUICK STICKS," to start off hurriedly, or without more ado. See CUT ONE’S STICK.
quick study
Someone who learns quickly and easily
quid
The quantity of tobacco put into the mouth at one time. To quid tobacco; to chew tobacco. Quid est hoc? hoc est quid; a guinea. Half a quid; half a guinea. The swell tipped me fifty quid for the prad; the gentleman gave fifty pounds for the horse.
quid
Or THICK UN, a sovereign; "half a QUID," half a sovereign; QUIDS, money generally; "QUID for a QUOD," one good turn for another. The word is used by old French writers:—
quid-nunc
An inquisitive person, always seeking for news. The words translated simply signify, "What now?"
quidnunc
A politician: from a character of that name in the farce of the Upholsterer.
quids
Cash, money. Can you tip me any quids? can you lend me some money?
quids in
Extremely lucky; to have every- thing fall right.
quiet
"on the QUIET," clandestinely, so as to avoid observation, "under the rose."
quiet as a church mouse
Extremely quiet and still