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queen
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(The) Queen's English
"Official" British English. He can't even speak The Queen's English! Despicable!
See also: English

turn king's/queen's evidence  also turn state's evidence
if someone who has been accused of a crime turns king's evidence, they give information in a court of law about other people involved in the crime in order to have their own punishment reduced She was given a lenient sentence in exchange for turning king's evidence.
See also: evidence, turn


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One landmark on the horizon is his 60th birthday in March - and the star is already planning a fancy dress extravaganza, though it may not measure up to his 50th, when he queened it up as Louis XIV in a towering white wig.
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By perusing this tome before me, I gather she is a somewhat ageing bird of the Britney Spears feather (this is not bitchiness; no one is as young as Britney) who once queened it as top banana on American soap operas.
 
 
 
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