queer as Dick's hatband

English

Etymology

A variant (the earliest attested and formerly most common) of the phrase Dick's hatband

Adjective

queer as Dick's hatband (not comparable)

(colloquial, dated, possibly offensive) Very queer: very unusual or strange.
- 1742, James Ayres, Sancho at Court, Act III, line 44:
  A young Lady, the first or second Day of her Marriage, looks as queer as Dick's Hat-Band.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:strange

Derived terms

as queer as Dick's hatband

References

“hatband, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2017.

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