queer as Dick's hatband

adjective

Very queer: very unusual or strange.

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Meanings

adjectivequeer as Dick's hatband (not comparable)
  1. colloquialdatednot comparableVery queer: very unusual or strange.

    A young Lady, the first or second Day of her Marriage, looks as queer as Dick's Hat-Band.

    1742, James Ayres, Sancho at Court, act III, line 44

    Synonyms: strange

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveVery queer: very unusual or strange.

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strange
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strange

Origin

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

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APA

queer as Dick's hatband. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queer%20as%20Dick's%20hatband

MLA

“queer as Dick's hatband.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queer%20as%20Dick's%20hatband. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queer as Dick's hatband,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queer%20as%20Dick's%20hatband.

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