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Meaning of queer as a clockwork orange | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Strange, odd, unusual.
Unusually camp, unusually homosexual.

Examples

“He sauntered the flunkied restaurant, queer /As a clockwork orange and not scared. /God, I was grateful for the nights we shared.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

queer as a coot queer as a nine bob note queer as a three dollar bill queer as a three-dollar bill queer as Dick's hatband queer in the head