| 单词 | on the queer |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the queer 2. on the queer: living dishonestly; spec. engaged in the forging of currency. Cf. straight n. 1b(c). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [phrase] > dishonestly > engaged in dishonesty on the dodge1904 on the queer1905 1905 C. H. Day Actress & Clerk ii. 22 Only just feeling of you to see if you was on the queer. 1909 R. A. Wason Happy Hawkins 277 Dick may have been on the queer all right, but he was smooth enough to hide it. 1910 C. E. B. Russell Young Gaol-birds x. 150 Convinced that he could get along as well ‘on the queer’, i.e., by thieving, as he could by keeping straight. 1935 Amer. Speech 10 11/1 Boys who are on the queer are handsomely equipped to print anything from twenty dollar bills to fake government bonds. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §494/2 Counterfeit; forge,..be on the green goods,—the queer or the spud(s). < as lemmas |
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