queer (redirected from queerer)

*phony as a three-dollar bill and *queer as a three-dollar bill

phony; bogus. (*Also: as ~.) This guy's as phony as a three-dollar bill. The whole deal stinks. It's as queer as a three-dollar bill.

See also: bill

queer for something

Inf. in the mood for something; desiring something. (Old.) I'm queer for a beer right now. She's queer for him because of his money.

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a queer fish  (British old-fashioned)

a strange person I knew his father and he was a queer fish too.

See also: fish

be in Queer Street  (British old-fashioned, humorous)

to owe a lot of money to other people Now don't you go doing anything that'll land you in Queer Street!

See also: street

queer somebody's pitch  (British & Australian)

to spoil someone's chances of doing something She queered my pitch by asking for promotion before I did.

See also: pitch